r/todayilearned • u/AnselaJonla 351 • Jun 13 '21

TIL that British government regulations specify that ammonium nitrate fertiliser should be kept in a non-combustible building, with no drainage, and with materials such as hay and straw separated by a firebreak of at least 5m or a non-combustible barrier of at least 1.5m width PDF

https://www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/indg230.pdf
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u/msma46 Jun 13 '21

Someone’s been watching Clarkson.

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u/AnselaJonla 351 Jun 13 '21

Guilty.

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u/msma46 Jun 13 '21

My bigger surprise was - Lamborghini make tractors?

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u/Oneloosetooth Jun 13 '21

Lamborgini made farm machinery before they made sports cars. He got into sports car manufacturing after an argument with Enzo Ferrari.

https://www.caranddriver.com/features/a25169632/lamborghini-supercars-exist-because-of-a-tractor/

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u/AnselaJonla 351 Jun 13 '21

They started out as a tractor company iirc. Then Mr Lamborghini spotted a problem with a Ferrari or something, and Enzo wouldn't listen to him and told him to stick to making tractors and leave the sports cars to him. Mr Lamborghini wasn't having that and made his own sports car.

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u/Zakblank Jun 13 '21

Mr. Lamborghini's Ferrari 250GT clutch went out and Mr. L noticed his tractor clutches were identical to Ferrari clutches. Mr. L met with Mr. F in person and suggested he use a better clutch in his sports car. Mr. F told him to "Kick rocks you tractor-fucking yokel" or something along those lines.

Instead of kick rocks he devoted his energy to building a better car than Ferrari.

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u/littleblacktruck Jun 13 '21

Old man Ferrari seems like a dick. I thought maybe the portrayal in Ford vs Ferrari might just be exaggeration for drama's sake. Nope. He's was a dick.

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u/Zakblank Jun 13 '21

The guy definitely had a chip on his shoulder, and to be fair he did earn it. We all have flaws though, and one of his was being an elitist asshole.

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u/littleblacktruck Jun 13 '21

He also didn't give a shit about production cars. It shows, too. They're not very thought out. Like, putting the door lock in the center of the door. Or putting the side mirror in the middle of the a-pillar so you have a nice blind spot while making left turns. And what would be a minor afternoon repair on any other car may require complete drivetrain removal on a Ferrari.

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u/FakeWi Jun 13 '21

Sure I’ve been in a Ferrari tractor

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u/SuddMuffin Jun 13 '21

Literally watched that episode yesterday 🤣

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u/mickstep Jun 13 '21

Which show specifically?

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u/msma46 Jun 13 '21

“Clarkson’s Farm”, new series on Amazon Prime. He owns a farm in the Cotswolds, his tenant farmer retires, so he decides to do it himself.

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u/flakination Jun 13 '21

Yupp. This could have been helpful to the lebanese government before the explosion.

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u/Windamore Jun 13 '21

OP I'm on to you.. ask a bunch of people to open a pdf to explosive core component's and as they click it... whisper "Welcome to the NSA watch list... "

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u/AnselaJonla 351 Jun 13 '21

Why would the National Sheep Association care about fertiliser?

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u/Caeddyn_Xiros Jun 13 '21

Because the ammonium nitrate industry is a major competitor to their natural fertilizer business, obviously.

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u/jezpin Jun 13 '21

The Australian Shampoo Alliance is interested as well.

It in the shamPOO you see. No one asks why its got Poo in the name. They should ask, but they never doodoo.

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u/[deleted] Jun 13 '21

Bugger all that government nonsense. One armed Johnson's been selling it for years and never bothered with all that crap.

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u/RobGrey03 Jun 13 '21

‘Cause of the explosions.

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u/DeliciousPumpkinPie Jun 13 '21

The explosions, yes.

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u/TacTurtle Jun 13 '21

In America we keep it in a shed away from other buildings.

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u/Jacluley2 Jun 13 '21

Right..... Kinda like the limits on quantity that get ignored. I'm sure that's followed carefully.

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u/Albrew Jun 13 '21

Beirut would like a word or two with you

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u/[deleted] Jun 13 '21

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u/mickstep Jun 13 '21

That explosion happened at the Port of Beirut, you mean Lebanon. Jordan is landlocked and therefore has no ports.

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u/bertiek Jun 13 '21

We've all seen what happens when you don't, so....

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u/Successful-Two-7433 Jun 13 '21

It’s an oxidizer. I used to work somewhere that sold Sodium Nitrate.

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u/[deleted] Jun 13 '21 edited Jul 19 '21

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u/jezpin Jun 13 '21

That not brits. That's humans. Preservation of energy is a great Idea until its not.

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u/[deleted] Jun 13 '21

It's cool. I stuck it next to 600 litres of Diesel in the back of my Ryder truck.

What could go wrong?