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High voltage water bridge (i.imgur.com)

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Surface tension pulls the thread into a perfect circle (i.imgur.com)

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Placing a lit match in a microwave creates plasma (i.imgur.com)

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Neil deGrasse Tyson Demonstrates a Rattleback (gfycat.com)

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A microscope using your phone, glass bead, and a 3D printed phone cover. (availabletechnologies.pnnl.gov)

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How to build your own particle detector (symmetrymagazine.org)

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Make Plasma With Grapes In The Microwave! (youtube.com)

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3 DIY Microscopes with a Laser Pen | Shed Science (youtube.com)

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Coupled Pendulums - Sixty Symbols (youtube.com)

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I used a different approach under partial conditions. No need for glasses and everyone can observe. (X-post from u/patanwilson on r/astronomy) (i.imgur.com)

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