Hit the [empty] wine bottle with a propane torch till a spot is glowing red before you start nuking it ... room temp glass is an insulator, hot glass conducts!
It's an intersting question if this has also been tried with US embassies https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2023/03/10/russians-a...
Watching this classic channel may be safer https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLU4IMu04MIlJgB6Aaj07q-5iX...
Those AOL CD's or any useless DVD are good candidates to nuke with scintillating results!
If you still have AOL cd's, you might be a hoarder.
The smell from those though is quite something
CD - nice crackling effect
Draw on paper with a lead pencil - it burns out the pencil lines. Perfect for making pirate maps.
My favorites: Ivory soap--bubbles outward; Grapes--see article; Incandescent lightbulb --lights up; Wine bottle--explodes, do this last
Also lots of things you think would be bad do nothing: spray paint can, soup can, silverware, cup of gas with aluminum foil in it.