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Pouring molten aluminum into different melons casts a bad ass hand grenade

By Casey Chan Published September 14, 2015, 4:16 pm ET

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When you mix molten aluminum with a watermelon, you get something truly awesome. So what about other melons? Here the Backyard Scientist tries pouring molten aluminum into honey dew and cantaloupes to see what happens. Cantaloupes don’t really offer much but honey dews capture the liquid metal and turn it into a hand grenade-looking sculpture.

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