{"id":31289,"date":"2016-03-14T11:13:13","date_gmt":"2016-03-14T16:13:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.modernfix.com.php72-4.lan3-1.websitetestlink.com\/?p=31289"},"modified":"2016-03-14T11:13:13","modified_gmt":"2016-03-14T16:13:13","slug":"pouring-molten-salt-into-an-aquarium","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/modernfix.com\/science\/pouring-molten-salt-into-an-aquarium\/","title":{"rendered":"Pouring Molten Salt into an Aquarium"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.modernfix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/saltmain.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-31290\" src=\"http:\/\/www.modernfix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/saltmain.jpg\" alt=\"saltmain\" width=\"600\" height=\"330\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/modernfix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/saltmain.jpg 480w, https:\/\/modernfix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/saltmain-300x165.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>That is a screen still from YouTube user TheBackyardScientist shortly before his mom asked, &#8220;Why are all the fish swimming in the bathtub? Where the hell is the fishtank?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>By &#8216;scientist&#8217;, he means, &#8216;melt and explode things&#8217;&#8230; the backyard part is accurate. Although his backyard is probably nicer than yours.<\/p>\n<p>Apparently salt melts. Better yet, when you take melted salt and introduce it to a fish-tank full of water, you get some homeless fishes.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_31291\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-31291\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.modernfix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/salttankexplode.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-31291\" src=\"http:\/\/www.modernfix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/salttankexplode.jpg\" alt=\"This is why they stopped selling melted salt at Sea World.\" width=\"640\" height=\"380\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/modernfix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/salttankexplode.jpg 640w, https:\/\/modernfix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/salttankexplode-300x178.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-31291\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">This is why they stopped selling melted salt at Sea World.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The guy racks up millions of views destroying things in the name of science. Well done, sir. Well done.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Pouring Molten salt into Water - Explosion!\" width=\"1290\" height=\"726\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/PDRWQUUUCF0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Here is a selection of some of his other interesting videos&#8230; because&#8230; SCIENCE!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Molten Aluminum Vs &#8216;Spitballs&#8217;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Molten Aluminum Vs &#039;Spitballs&#039; - SO COOL!! (water balz)\" width=\"1290\" height=\"726\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/KdpQo3tRPLY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Pouring Molten Aluminum In a Watermelon. Awesome Surprise!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Pouring Molten Aluminum In a Watermelon. Awesome Surprise!\" width=\"1290\" height=\"726\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/fgnsXPnAX8M?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Wood burning With Lightning. Lichtenberg Figures!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=BuG1oNRQnyI<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>You knew this was coming&#8230;<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/70051022\" width=\"500\" height=\"334\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>That is a screen still from YouTube user TheBackyardScientist shortly before his mom asked, &#8220;Why are all the fish swimming in the bathtub? Where the hell is the fishtank?&#8221; By &#8216;scientist&#8217;, he means, &#8216;melt and explode things&#8217;&#8230; the backyard part is accurate. Although his backyard is probably nicer than yours. Apparently salt melts. Better yet, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":31293,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[3421,4825,5222,7208],"blocksy_meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/modernfix.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31289"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/modernfix.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/modernfix.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/modernfix.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/modernfix.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=31289"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/modernfix.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31289\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/modernfix.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/31293"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/modernfix.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31289"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/modernfix.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31289"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/modernfix.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31289"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}