Flying tea bag trick!

SAFETY FIRST when it comes to these experiments. This is a fun experiment you can do at home with just some flammable tea bags.

Special thank you to our X-Ray tier patrons: Carlos Patricio, David Cichowski, Eddie Sabbah, Fabrice Eap, Gil Chesterton, Isabel Herstek, Margaux Lopez, Matt Kaminski, Michael Schneider, Patrick Olson, Vikram Bhat, Vincent Argiro, wc993219

Creator/Host: Dianna Cowern

[GlitchWitchNyx]

Dianna (casually): And then ash rains from the sky.

[Pyriphlegeton]

Yeah, someone will definitely burn their house down.

[JohnWinquist]

We use to do that with newspapers by twisting the four ends together to form a balloon shape. Then light the twisted ends and watch it float away. It works bests on cool nights. It's a major fire hazard but we weren't worried about that as kids.

[frederickwood]

It’s just lovely to hear the bright voice of an engaged and excited person doing interesting things.
Get well soon.

[tvuser]

"Ash Rains From the Sky" is the name of my new doom metal band.

[melainekerfaou]

I've known this as a joke (a Belgian joke, for those who are familiar with the questionable French tradition of mocking the Belgians because they have a funny accent): sitting at industry booth during an international aerospace conference is an engineer guy showcasing a teabag on an upended drinking glass.
A visitor enquires why the guy is showcasing a teabag at an aerospace conference and the guy corrects him: "it's not a teabag, it's a rocket - a Belgian rocket".
The visitor then asks why the rocket has a label. The engineer replies that it's the price tag. The visitor replies that rockets generally don't come with a price tag. So the engineer removes the tag.
Then the visitor asks about the thread. The engineer says it's the fuse, to ignite the engine. The visitor exclaims that rockets have built-in ignition and don't need a fuse. Thus the engineer removes the thread.
Then the visitor asks about the staple (which previously held the thread). The engineer says it's the handlebar, to drive the rocket. The visitor scoffs, saying that rockets don't have human pilots and thus don't need a handlebar or a yoke or a sidestick. The engineer thus removes the staple.
Then the visitor asks about the tea leaves inside the bag. The engineer says it's the gunpowder to power the rocket. The visitor says that state-of-the-art launchers don't use gunpowder anymore, but liquid propellant. Therefore the engineer empties the teabag and stands it up on its launchpad (the upside-down glass).
The visitor mocks the whole exhibit, saying this thing can't possibly be a rocket and that it certainly can't fly.
The engineer protests that it can indeed fly.
The he lights the top of the bag, and the rest is Diana's video.

[mickkeeble]

We also do this with Italian Amaretti Cookie paper wrappers.

[pyotrtchaikovsky]

I love how casually Dianna says "andthenashrainsfromthesky", it can be taken out of context so quick lol.

[tigrux]

In the area I grew up, we called them "brujitas" which translates to "little witches".

[timothybaker]

Notice the damage and colors on ceilings where Dianna is, was, will be?

[billreal]

Love Dianna's version of science!

[thomasslone]

Oh my God thank you for telling me how to cut open a tea bag with scissors dump out the tea and light it on fire I would've never figured that out on my own

[Regularsshorts]

Now we need to put a million tea bags under a rocket to fuel it.

[herculydia]

So cute, sitting in the tub. Sweetest, smartest girl I've ever seen. God protect her please. 🙏

[joewoodchuck]

That's the most inspiring thing I've seen in the previous microsecond.

[jctoad]

Don't try this. I had to go to hospital. First degree burns on my tea bag 😫

[fillobob]

we always did this as kids with our parents, for us it was magic

[lulzmachineify]

Around here we call that a Norwegian Spaceship

[cake_luna]

I did it now, and it was soooo amazing!!! 😍






And i also felt so alive... :D

[richardrieser]

I can't believe you waste perfectly good tea bags