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In the movie Fight Club, the character Tyler Durden says that equal parts gasoline and frozen orange juice concentrate make napalm. The question's very simple; would this mixture make napalm, anything like napalm, or a precursor to it? My guess is it wouldn't work, and would reek.

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I'll check the DVD commentary later, but my recollection is that the recipes for explosives, etc were changed for safety reasons. – Tom77 Jun 26 '12 at 16:25
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From an interview with Chuck Palahniuk (he wrote the book): Well, Ed Norton changed one ingredient in every one to make them useless. So, that really pissed me off because I really research those really well. Actually its styrofoam and gasoline... – Oliver_C Jun 26 '12 at 18:03
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@KeithS - You should feel free to write this up as a full answer if you have an answer to your own question. That is if nobody else want to do it! – Jamiec♦ Jun 27 '12 at 9:35
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Styrofoam and Gasoline are a much more effective combination. – user7687 Jun 27 '12 at 20:48
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@Jamiec: I did, and for some reason the post was converted to a comment by the moderator. – KeithS Jun 27 '12 at 21:19
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From an interview with Chuck Palahniuk (he wrote the book):

Well, Ed Norton changed one ingredient in every one to make them useless. So, that really pissed me off because I really research those really well. Actually its styrofoam and gasoline...

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