Flour Bomb
There are two types of flour bombs:
- The relatively innocuous use of flour in a fragile container, thrown at a person or object to produce an inconvenient stain.
- The dangerous dust explosion that can occur when an air suspension of the fine organic, often starchy, substance is ignited.
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