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The lost liquid fire that burned on top of water.
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• Footage courtesy: Smithsonian Channel — https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lPUgvYZ5UDk

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00:00Byzantine warships deploy a pressurized incendiary weapon
00:03that burns fiercely over water.
00:06How did medieval engineers invent a liquid weapon
00:09that completely defies every rule of basic chemistry?
00:13Normal fire instantly drowns in seawater,
00:16but this lethal formula actually explodes
00:19into life upon contact.
00:21Pumping pressurized petroleum
00:24through hidden bronze siphon tubes
00:26allowed naval crews to incinerate entire enemy fleets.
00:30This unstoppable weapon revolutionized naval combat
00:34by unleashing a pressurized chemical fire
00:37that famously continued burning on water.
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