Rube Goldberg WITH FIRE TORNADO! - Smarter Every Day 17

Destin welcomes viewers to Smarter Every Day and acknowledges his previous internet fame as 'the chicken man' from an earlier viral video.

While acknowledging the chicken video made him recognizable, Destin expresses interest in exploring cooler scientific demonstrations.

The episode will explore fire and introduce the concept of vorticity as the central scientific principle.

Destin proposes playing with fire as an exciting way to learn science in this episode.

Vorticity is defined as the circulation in a confined area divided by that area.

A fire tornado has been created by restricting airflow to the flame, allowing air to flow only through a specific area.

Destin puts on safety glasses to make the demonstration official science.

• Increasing vorticity with a vacuum cleaner will trigger a rifle • The rifle fires and lights matches • Matches ignite gunpowder which lights a rocket

The vacuum engine is turned on to create the vorticity needed to start the fire tornado.

Intense sizzling and crackling sounds occur as the fire tornado intensifies and the chain reaction begins.

The fire tornado triggers the rifle, which ignites the matches and gunpowder, setting off the rocket as planned.

Destin observes that the fire tornado is an effective and visually impressive way to light a bonfire.

Destin comments that the demonstration successfully showed a creative way to ignite a bonfire using vorticity.

Viewers are reminded of the episode's core message: gaining knowledge and becoming smarter every day.

Destin bids the audience goodbye with his typical closing phrase.

A message invites people who can help with captioning in different languages to contact Destin.