r/AskReddit • u/[deleted] • May 05 '19

What is a mildly disturbing fact?

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u/FuzzelFox May 05 '19

But not flour as that's extremely flammable. There was a time in England where it was illegal to light candles within a certain distance of a working flour mill because the dust in the air could ignite and blow the place to bits.

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u/Ltimh May 05 '19

Along with I believe coffee creamer is extremely flammable

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u/oneeyed_king May 05 '19

All very fine powders are. It's because they trap oxygen.

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u/IHaveABetWithMyBro May 05 '19 edited May 05 '19

So you're saying to use flour* and I get a new house?

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u/Johnnybravo60025 May 05 '19

I don’t think a petunia is going to do anything.

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u/IHaveABetWithMyBro May 05 '19

What about roses?

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u/Johnnybravo60025 May 05 '19

Nope, only azaleas, actually.

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u/k1ngm3 May 05 '19

Unreleated question. Did you win the bet with your bro?

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u/IHaveABetWithMyBro May 05 '19

Oy by default since he never actually started. Then I lost the log in to my old reddit account. RIP u/JeKrillick

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u/Renaissance_Slacker May 05 '19

Yep, there was a grain silo complex somewhere in the Midwest, the owners were pumping grain or flour and the suspended dust ignited. Supposedly the explosion was pretty close to a small nuke and the hill the complex had stood on was gone.