Our very own General Fnord provided this gem, in discussion of his Fenspace/Battletech mashup project:
Sucrose Octanitrate.
Proof positive that with sufficient motivation, you can make anything explode.
Quote:To be honest I had the mental image of Hanse arriving on campus to observe a "lab accident" that had the entire Physics building suspended five hundred feet over the rest of the campus, a dozen assault mechs using ropes to keep it from drifting off in the breeze. "Well that's something you don't see every day."--
Sucrose Octanitrate.
Proof positive that with sufficient motivation, you can make anything explode.