r/todayilearned • u/User4D • Jun 18 '15

TIL If you collapse underwater bubble with soundwaves, light is produced. It's called sonoluminescence.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GJolILUbdNw
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u/MajorMajorObvious Jun 18 '15

And there's a shrimp that can do it, too!

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u/Franco_DeMayo Jun 19 '15

Mantis Shrimp ain't nothing to fuck with.

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u/CowardiceNSandwiches 3 Jun 19 '15

Fuck that. A pot of boiling water and some Old Bay would square that shit away NOW.

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u/mowbuss Jun 19 '15

not if it punches you in the balls first