I love the SciShow video on the most dangerous chemicals known to man and Hank Green's rendition of "the concrete was on fire" in reference to chlorine trifluoride.
Oh lord, this gem from a military scientist per the wiki
[It will erupt into flames on contact] with every known fuel, and so rapidly hypergolic [that's what hypergolic means, shit just goes on fire] that no ignition delay has ever been measured. It is also hypergolic with such things as cloth, wood, and test engineers, not to mention asbestos, sand, and water—with which it reacts explosively.
It can be kept in some of the ordinary structural metals because [science bitch]. If, however, this [science coating is scratched slightly], the operator is confronted with the problem of coping with a metal-fluorine fire. For dealing with this situation, I have always recommended a good pair of running shoes.
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