This is the archive of tumbledry happenings that occurred on 24 February, 2010.

Richard Roche commenting on William Fitzsimmons +1

Thanks for this, I love that guy and his awesome beard

Mykala commenting on William Fitzsimmons +1

He is my musical boyfriend. Well, one of them… shh, don’t tell Alex… and many of them have beards.

First, last, and only time I’ll ever laugh while reading about chlorine trifluoride… Sand Won’t Save You This Time:

There’s a report from the early 1950s of a one-ton spill of the stuff. It burned its way through a foot of concrete floor and chewed up another meter of sand and gravel beneath, completing a day that I’m sure no one involved ever forgot. That process, I should add, would necessarily have been accompanied by copious amounts of horribly toxic and corrosive by-products: it’s bad enough when your reagent ignites wet sand, but the clouds of hot hydrofluoric acid are your special door prize if you’re foolhardy enough to hang around and watch the fireworks.

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