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[–] Mojave@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

They can and were used as IEDs when buried shallow and face-up with sharp rocks pressed against the screens.

They hold a lot of internal pressure, and a car driving over it would puncture the screen, causing the TV body to rapidly depressurize and explode upwards in a hail of glass shards.

This was how right-wing hero Pat Robertson was famously killed last year on his way to the annual youth slaughtering convention