The Tremendously Explosive Power Of Flour

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Most of us know that flour is an essential ingredient in pizza dough and bagels, but as long as we can eat the final baked product, our interest often doesn't go much further. But did you know flour can explode? Flour dust suspended in air is explosive - as is any mixture of a finely powdered flammable substance with air. It is capable of destroying entire buildings.