Pint

In Lexington, Ky., one pint of nitroglycerin stood at the mouth of an oil shaft. A dog drank it. Workmen ran for their lives. Stimulated by his draft, the loaded cur pursued a rabbit. The rabbit leaped down a bank. Jumping after it, the dog exploded.

Rope

In London, a zoo keeper, though used to seeing the ostriches swallow indigestibles, shuddered as he saw an end of rope vanishing down one bird's gullet. He dashed, caught the end, tugged for 15 minutes, retrieved five yards of rope, much of it already subjected to attempted digestion. The ostrich went away and sat down.