Watch fireworks obliterate mannequins on the National Mall in wild safety demonstration

A figure stands on the National Mall in Washington DC, casually dressed in a long-sleeved red t-shirt, carefully balancing a firework on its head. The fuse burns down. There’s a boom of sparks and smoke, and suddenly both firework and head are gone.

Please don’t do this #WednesdayWisdom #CelebrateSafely #July4th pic.twitter.com/3bKL0pHXhN— US Consumer Product Safety Commission (@USCPSC) July 3, 2019

Welcome to the annual fireworks safety demonstration of the US Consumer Product Safety Commission, a government agency known for their delightfully weird social media presence. Here, styrofoam mannequins and ripe watermelons are sacrificed by the federal government, in a ritual which begs its citizens; ‘Please, please, don’t do that…

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