This is "pants week" on the Atlas Obscura website (why? why not?) and one of the more interesting articles is about exploding pants (though some might find the article on how Oscar Wilde and his wife popularized pants for women; also flatulence has nothing to do with the explosion/busting into flames). The exploding pants article can be read here: http://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/pants-trousers-exploding-new-zealand-sodium-chlorate
Now, believe it or not, this references an academic article that goes into more detail about the phenomena and the journal it appears in is on Jstor; see: Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/3744710 NOTE: What's up with the use of "inflammable" in the abstract? Is this a New Zealand linguistic stylistic aberration? See: https://www.merriam-webster.com/words-at-play/flammable-or-inflammable Also #2, this has nothing to do with spontaneous human combustion. but it does suggest how to make people you don't like have their pants blow-up. ;-) Also #3, the article also points out the importance of sheep and goats in weed control. So, you folks with big lawns, well, get a clue. ;-) -Mike Palij New York University m...@nyu.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@mail-archive.com. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5&n=T&l=tips&o=51410 or send a blank email to leave-51410-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
