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Tstorm
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Television's Mr. Wizard dies at 89 (cnn.com)

[Frown]

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MightyCow
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I may have to make a baking soda volcano in his memory. That was an awesome show.

[Frown]

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mr_porteiro_head
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I fondly remember his demonstration of how a fission bomb works using ping pong balls and mousetraps.

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Tstorm
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Hey, one of my high school science teachers did the same demonstration in class! Took a while to setup, though...

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Goody Scrivener
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Now I am sad. And I made a mini-volcano. My daughter thinks I'm insane, but I don't care.

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