It turns out that some gripping movie scenes have come close to being the last moments of life for the actors. No matter how much actors prepare for a stunt, stunts always have a chance of going horrifically wrong. Isla Fisher almost drowned while filming a water tank escape scene in “Now You See Me”; the prop shackles she was in became entangled and the diver who was supposed to bring her oxygen was too far away.
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Science
An Eerie Poisonous Fog
If you’re visiting a farm, keep an eye out for an ominous-looking bronze fog. Nitrogen tetroxide, a red-orange gas, is made by certain bacteria during fermentation when oxygen is lacking in the crop. The lack of oxygen causes the bacteria to use the nitrate within the crops, which then produces nitrogen tetroxide. Inhalation of the gas is known to cause permanent lung damage or kill people and livestock. To prevent this, farmers have started performing nitrate tests after four weeks of fermentation. Read full article here
Merv
November 30, 2022
