fourth-of-july

How the Roman Candle Became the Internet’s Favorite Way to Get Injured

This summer, the latest viral danger craze isn’t wizard duels — it’s making ‘machine guns’ out of several Roman candles taped together

Stop Calling the Cops on Your Neighbors for Setting Off Fireworks

Are fireworks annoying? Sure. But does calling the cops fly in the face of everything we’ve spent the last month marching for? Undoubtedly.

A Snappy History of Bang Snaps

These weak-ass fireworks’ immense popularity can be at least somewhat attributed to them not exploding into a giant fireball during shipping

Men Still Can’t Stop Injuring Themselves on the Fourth of July

And four other things we learned about our idiotic obsession with explosives this holiday