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  2. Blast fishing - Wikipedia

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    Blast fishing, fish bombing, dynamite fishing or grenade fishing is a destructive fishing practice using explosives to stun or kill schools of fish for easy collection. This often illegal practice is extremely destructive to the surrounding ecosystem , as the explosion often destroys the underlying habitat (such as coral reefs ) that supports ...

  3. Boom goes the dynamite - Wikipedia

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    Boom goes the dynamite!" is a catchphrase coined by Ball State University student Brian Collins, popularized after a video of him delivering an ill-fated sports broadcast that included the phrase was shared on YouTube in 2005. In the ensuing years it has become a popular phrase, used to indicate a pivotal moment.

  4. Dynamite - Wikipedia

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    Dynamite is an explosive made of nitroglycerin, sorbents (such as powdered shells or clay), and stabilizers. [1] It was invented by the Swedish chemist and engineer Alfred Nobel in Geesthacht , Northern Germany, and was patented in 1867.

  5. Gee Whiz-z-z-z-z-z-z - Wikipedia

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    3. While the Road Runner is feasting on some dirt nearby the road, the Coyote puts a lighted stick of dynamite on the end of a fishing line and casts it out. However, it misses the Road Runner, rolls under a huge boulder, then explodes. The explosion causes the boulder to fly over the target and crush the Coyote. 4.

  6. Powder House Island - Wikipedia

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    In 1904, it was reported that Canadian police had found American poachers, illegally fishing for sturgeon, living in a shack on the island. [20] By 1906, twenty short tons (18,000 kg) of dynamite were stored on the island; a witness was quoted as saying "you could throw a cat through the cracks" in dynamite shanties of questionable quality.

  7. The Goon Show running jokes - Wikipedia

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    Milligan says, "Yes, we are ah pong (we are open) till 11 o'clock." In "The White Neddie Trade", Henry and Minnie tell each other they must not waste any time, and then break into a spontaneous song about not wasting time. Milligan ends the song by saying (almost off-microphone), "We filled out the time like the producer asked!"

  8. Electrofishing - Wikipedia

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    Usually pulsed direct current (DC) is applied, which causes galvanotaxis in the fish. Galvanotaxis is uncontrolled muscular convulsion that results in the fish swimming towards the anode. Teams of at least two people are recommended for an effective electrofishing crew: one to operate the anode, and the other to catch the stunned fish with a ...

  9. ATF to investigate origin of dynamite found at ... - AOL

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    Knoxville Police later shared that blasting caps were found inside the 5×5 steel box alongside the explosives, and that samples of those explosives tested positive for a substance found in dynamite.