Watching Cigarettes Burn Up Close Is So Much Cooler Than Smoking
Don’t smoke. It might look a teensy bit cool, but it’s a dumb thing to start, a filthy habit to quit, and terrible for…
Watch Chemical Elements Burn and Transform Into Awesome-Looking Compounds
When elements combust, they create wild and different-looking compounds. After watching this video, you’re going to…
Burning Steel Wool Becomes a Raging Firestorm Through a Camera's Close-up Macro Lens
Peering at the world through a close-up macro lens reveals tiny details that normally go unnoticed. It can also make…
A Malfunctioning, Flaming Wind Turbine Is Actually Quite Beautiful
It’s unfortunate when a wind turbine, which can cost hundreds of thousands of dollars to build and install,…
Watching Toothbrushes Melt Is So Incredibly Satisfying
Humanity’s connection to fire dates back to when our earliest ancestors realized it could be used for warmth and…
Proof That Jet Fuel Weakens the Hell Out of Steel Beams
Purgatory Iron Works answers the inane internet argument about whether or not jet fuel can melt steel beams in this mic…
Seeing and hearing incense burn from up close feels like soothing rain
It’s a little brain jiggling to watch this macro footage of incense burning because you’re seeing fire disintegrate the…
First person view of a firefighter fighting fire is so intense
There are few job descriptions (hell, the job description is in the job title) as terrifying as being a firefighter.…
10 fun things you can do to play with fire
Everyone has a little bit of pyromania in them, it just depends on when it wants to come out. After watching this Brus…
What Causes Spontaneous Combustion?
Most of us experience combustion, a chemical process where a fuel combines with oxygen to produce heat and light, in…
What Happens When You Drop a Red Hot Nickel Ball Onto Aerogel
Red hot nickel ball of fire meet your toughest opponent yet: aerogel. In fact, aerogel is such an amazing material and…
Watch a Red Hot Nickel Ball Destroy a Box of Crayons
Watching the Red Hot Nickel Ball destroy various materials just never gets old. So here's a Red Hot Ball of Nickel…
What Happens When You Drop a Red Hot Ball of Nickel Into Peanut Butter
Everyone's favorite Red Hot Nickel Ball has been on an absurd amount of adventures between boiling a jar of honey and…
You Won't Believe What Happens When You Light These Chemicals on Fire
Have you ever wondered what would happen if you mixed Mercury(II) thiocyanate (Hg(SCN)2) and Ammonium chromate…
Watch 15,000 Volts of Raw Power Burn Lightning Strikes into Wood
When lightning flashes across the sky, you only get a chance to glimpse its fractal form for a split second. But when…
F-15 Escapes as Wildfire Dangerously Approaches US Air Force Base
At first I thought this F-15SG was escaping from an attack against a US Air Force base in some war zone. Fortunately,…
This Suit Can Survive 1,800 Degree Flames
This fire resistant suit is being burned at 1,800 degrees Fahrenheit for about 12 seconds. If you were wearing this…
This Is What Happens When You Burn Steel Wool
It's so surprisingly fantastic and magical that I'm going to go buy steel wool and light it on fire right now. It's…
Acer Predator Desktop Gaming Units Recalled For Minor House Burning Issue
About 215 of Acer's ASG7200 and ASG7700 units were just recalled by the consumer product safety commission because…
Win 7 Tip: ISO Disc Image Burning Is Built Right In
Windows 7's ISO burning feature isn't all that useful for a majority of people, but for the small percentage who do…