Turns out, the hard shell of a coconut is really, really good at trapping the heat of the molten copper! Because once you fill up the little brown ball with the molten copper, it stays hot forever ...

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A long-time feature of the Belfast Pride celebrations, the Great Annual Copper Coconut Shy - where people are invited to "see if you can bowl a googly and knock a copper off his perch" - sounds ...

Molten Copper” has demonstrated the reaction is surprisingly weird, definitely cool and kind of beautiful. Watch and be awed — but kids, please don’t try this at home.