Wow, I was a munitions wizard as a kid- sparkler bombs, (duct tape 'em together) I still have my BB gun- I used to shoot my friends, various birds in the neighborhood, dirt clog wars, - I can say those early days taught me a lot.
Did you know when you pinched the end of a piccolo pete so explodes, and stick that end in a seat tube, and then drop a marble in the other side that marble will go through a stop sign?
yes. BTDT...