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Electrocuting Peeps

Well, you've heard of peep jousting, but what happens when you stick marshmallow peeps in a vacuum and then electrocute them with 9000 volts from a neon sign transformer? Check out Divide's photoset to find out! - Link

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Posted by: di5ide on April 3, 2007 at 1:10 AM

Check out some more photos here:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/choongng/444528368/

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Posted by: jher on April 3, 2007 at 11:52 AM

We used them as stand-offs for our tesla coil wires way back in the day... (what? 10 years ago now? sheesh..)

http://fnord.org/g2/main.php?g2_itemId=7997

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Posted by: ventifact on April 3, 2007 at 4:03 PM

Put Peeps in a microwave for a minute.

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