“Maybe you’re operating with an even smaller team—or toppling the statue all by yourself. In that case, your best bet is melting the damn thing. So let’s make a thermite reaction.”

“The formula is very simple. It’s 3:1 by mass of rust and aluminum powder,” Stout writes, quoting San Diego State University chemistry professor Chris Harrison. “You mix those together and use a piece of magnesium to use as a high temperature fuse.

Read about that one a few days ago. To think, I grew up reading that magazine, guess that's yet another one for me to give up on...