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Giz Service Announcement: Fireworks and Watermelon Don’t Mix

By Benny Goldman Published July 4, 2008, 12:02 am ET

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Hey, we here at Gizmodo, together with Nancy Nord of the Consumer Product Safety Commission, want to remind you to have a safe 4th of July. Don’t use illegal fireworks for anything dangerous. Like blowing up an M-1000 inside of a watermelon. In slow motion. Happy 4th weekend everybody. [CPSC]

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