Number 4: Ketchup An exploding bottle of ketchup is not quite as fun as a homemade bomb, but it makes for a great prank.
Number 3: Buy a gun With a gun, you can make pretty much anything explode. Fun things to shoot: overripe fruit, balloons filled with confetti or baby powder, eggs, jugs of milk, plastic bottles filled with water and food coloring, old electronics and cardboard cutouts of Justin Bieber. Alternative explosives continue on the next page. Number 2: Egg bomb Microwave an egg for about a minute and then throw it at whatever target you'd like to turn into a screaming, sulphur-smelling mess. Be careful to not drop it anywhere near yourself, or else you'll be pierced with very freaking hot shards of eggshell.Number 1: Diet Coke and Mentos This explosive combo is a classic YouTube fave. It's so famous that the American Journal of Physics published a rigorous scientific study on this curious reaction, taking into consideration such factors as the temperature of the soda and the candy's texture. Scientists are so good at thinking of ways to waste time.
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