I once did something really bad to a 555 chip. Not sure exactly what, but
the top blew off giving me a good look at the grizzly inards, including
where the wafer used to be.... The bang was almost as loud as the time I put
240v across a fluorscent starter just to see what would happen (I was 12 at
the time)....

Ben

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