Fun story: Back when I was living in a dorm, one of our residents wanted to boil an egg for his girlfriend. He put water in an open pot, waited until it boiled and then put the egg in. Since he wanted to keep the water boiling, he did not reduce the heat.

He then told his girlfried to watch the egg since he wanted to go to the kiosk to buy something. On the way there, he broke his leg.

Thus the egg was forgotten and kept on boiling. Some time later, all the water had boiled away. Another resident entered the kitchen.

At that moment, the egg decided to explode. The guy screamed like a little girl and we had to have the ceiling painted