Know Your Booby Traps Before You Set Them

The holiday season is quickly approaching us which means you may be tempted to leave your 8-year old kid at home while you fly off to celebrate in Paris. Before you do that, please make sure your child is well-versed in the art of making booby traps! Also, know what those traps can do before they are set. Don’t just blindly use a trap and pray that it will work. So which traps should you set? Well, Vsauce and his friends do some experiments to show you what 3 traps from the holiday classic Home Alone would actually do. They test the hot door handle, the paint can to the face, and the crowbar to the chest with devastating effects. I love videos like this that go through the actual science behind something, and this video goes the extra mile and actually tests them.

Note: GeekTyrant does not condone abandoning your children, nor does it condone the use of any deadly traps.

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