Jack Parsons and the Explosion of a Coffee Can

Jack Parsons and his wife planned to move to Israel. But a day before they were set to leave, he received an urgent order of explosives. He was mixing up mercury fulminate in a coffee can when it went boom. The initial explosion came into contact with his stockpile of chemicals. An enormous blast that tore through the house killed him instantly. His mother took her own life after finding out what happened.

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