Ripley's Believe It or Not by Ripley’s Believe It or Not! for October 11, 2023

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    mischugenah  11 months ago

    Flour mill explosions are absolutely a thing, no ‘could’ about it. Flour is highly flammable, but usually has too little oxygen to ignite. Suspend huge amounts in the air, however, and one spark is all it takes.

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    The dude from FL (not bragging) Premium Member 11 months ago

    Keep dreaming on that mine, someday? Why would anybody invest in it?

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    RabbitHole  11 months ago

    Here is a list of flour mill explosions: https://en.m.wikipedia.ORG/wiki/List_of_explosions and Mr. Wizard demos it: https://m.youtube.COM/watch?v=8t5iTunRkO4 .

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    pearlsbs  11 months ago

    Here is a flour mill explosion that happened in 2013.

    https://www.ehstoday.Com/industrial-hygiene/article/21915663/explosion-at-a-bartlett-grain-co-flour-mill-repeat-experience-for-company

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    Guy from southern Indiana  11 months ago

    I remember two corn elevators blowing up in my area, when the dust from the corn, suspended in the air, ignites, even from just a static electricity spark. One happened at the Farm Bureau Co-op in Lacrosse, Indiana, and the other at the Farm Bureau Co-op in Union Mills, Indiana. In both cases, a worker was standing near the top of the elevator, and the explosion blew them outwards, and gravity pulled them downwards. Neither survived.

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    e.groves  11 months ago

    What’s with the Oppenheimer thing?

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    DawnQuinn1  11 months ago

    Powdered coffee creamer will do the same thing.

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    NeedaChuckle Premium Member 11 months ago

    Saw a video of one corn silo that collapsed and the dust hit some electrical boxes. Big fireball.

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    artegal  11 months ago

    Maybe someone should find out what the four’s demands are so it won’t blow up the factory.

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    zodal  11 months ago

    Still making film reels in 2023?

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    paranormal  11 months ago

    The film is 11 miles long???

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    paranormal  11 months ago

    The Dream Mine’s gold is just a smidgen away…

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    guy42  11 months ago

    Dust explosions usually come in twos.First there is a small localized explosion that shakes the dust off the ceiling, rafters, and walls and then the big one.

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    LAFITZGERALD  11 months ago

    My goodness – that’s some explosive flour fact!!

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    mindjob  11 months ago

    This is why the Pillsbury Dough Boy has to wear PPE

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    Stephen Gilberg  11 months ago

    Call it the Dream On Mine.

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    Angry Indeed Premium Member 11 months ago

    Oppenheimer in IMAX sound like a reel heavyweight of a movie.

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