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unusual facts about Explode



1906 in Brazil

21 January - The Brazilian battleship Aquidabã sinks, after its powder magazines explode near the Jacuacanga strait, in Angra dos Reis bay.

Bajan Style

"Explode" featuring vocals from British grime rapper Dappy served as the fourth single from the album and reached number 29 in the UK and 27 in Ireland.

Battle of Tierra Blanca

This, combined with Rodolfo Fierro's mission to explode armaments behind the line, caused Salazar's forces to collapse.

Before Our Hearts Explode!

Before Our Hearts Explode! is the second album by Lawrence, Kansas-based band, Fourth of July.

Common Reaction

The track "Explode" was used as a soundtrack in the series The L Word, in the third episode of the fifth season Lady Of The Lake.

Delta 3000

The failures resulted in the loss of the Orbital Test Satellite, when an SRM malfunction caused the rocket to explode, and GOES-G due to an electrical fault which shut down the first stage engine.

Fordson tractor

The "Hoyt-Clagwell" tractor on the TV sitcom Green Acres was a Fordson Model F. It was known to randomly 'explode' followed by one or both of the rear wheels falling off.

Funeral for a Fiend

Sideshow Bob then reveals a large pile of TNT, with which he will kill them, using a laptop with a defective battery (which will overheat and explode) as a detonator.

Green Grotto Caves

It is most memorable for being the location where Bond (played for the first time by Roger Moore) kills Kananga (played by Yaphet Kotto) by forcing him to swallow a bullet of compressed air, causing him to float up to the ceiling like a balloon and explode.

Guess Who's Coming to Criticize Dinner?

Homer throws the lethal pastry away in revulsion, causing it to "explode" when it lands on a crater.

John Eriksson

Existensminimum - Last night my head tried to explode and i wrote everything down

Raging Bender

By a stroke of luck, Bender defeats his opponent, causing The Clearcutter to explode into a pile of parts.

Sudar Oli

Two grenades were thrown into the advertising office of the Sudar Oli and Uthayan in Wellawatte, Colombo on 20 August 2005, but failed to explode.

Supernovae in fiction

In the Christmas episode of Svensson, Svensson (1994), Sara tells her friend Lena she noticed in the newspaper that the Sun will explode within 3 000 years, contrary to scientific theories that the Sun will go through the circle red yellow dwarf star-giant star-white giant star through the leap of millions of years, rather than go supernova.

The Black Sheep Band

The record was recorded by Jeff Dean of Million Yen Studios (and also guitarist for The Bomb, Noise By Numbers, Dead Ending, Explode and Make up and All Eyes West).

The Paper Cranes

Shortly after the recording of Halcyon Days, "I'll Love You Until My Veins Explode" and "Milkrun" from the Veins Ep were released in the UK as the double-A side single, "I'll Love You Until My Veins Explode/Milkrun" on the Longest Mile label, owned in part by Ross Millard of The Futureheads.

UXB

Unexploded bomb, an explosive weapon that did not explode when it was employed and still poses a risk of detonation

Young at Art Museum

Featured areas include the “Cave Portal” where images of art and its histories explode with sight and sound; a “Portrait Salon” that encourages self-expression inspired by the work of artists from Picasso to Basquiat; and “Avenue A”, a New York subway car where Keith Haring’s work becomes a collective mural created by visitors.


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