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[–] [email protected] 26 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Only if you assume the object was round. I mean it was almost certainly meant to be round, but it could be right ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[–] [email protected] 10 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

If it was round it wouldn't have blown up!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 weeks ago

Right? Round isn't what I'd think to call "a funny shape." Maybe some folks do though.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 weeks ago

I presume it was a round-bottom flask as explosions are usually the fault of chemists.