September 21st, 2011 at 1:33AM

Someday You’ll Be Glad You Know…

…that silly string is used by the US military to detect tripwires.  The string is sprayed over the suspected area, and if the string falls to the ground, no tripwires are present since the string would catch on the tripwires (but is not heavy enough to activate the explosive).

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