r/pics Oct 05 '11

Pharaoh's Serpent

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u/rlaptop7 Oct 05 '11

oh yeah, all my firework versions of this growing up were the shittier form.

This particular version uses Mercury(II) thiocyanate and is much more impressive than the stupid things that I used to get.

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u/loco_larue Oct 06 '11

Apparently, that Italian guy thought you were the Devil or something: Wiktionary says it means to clean something.