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      My science teacher had a balloon and he lit the string saying “check this out”

      The balloon was filled with hydrogen

      I don’t think that would be okay to do today

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        We had a community science day when I was little where they did that. Hydrogen is pretty safe to ignite in a birthday balloon.

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            It’s quite a pop!

            They exploded some other balloons too, iirc, but I don’t remember too well. I think I was 8.

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              I wanna get some hydrogen…

              My partner would have a heart attack. They can’t even be around a gun shooting or firecrackers, much less that kinda boom! I wouldn’t do that to them.

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                For me it was less intense than a gun or firework, maybe your balloon was bigger lol.

                You can get hydrogen by running electricity through water but I forget how it works.

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                  Oh yeah his balloon was like a nitrous mafia-sized whip it balloon. It was huuuuge!

                  Also that’s fun! Take out the o… and a H

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                    You get O2 and twice as much H2 iirc