Elon Musk, founder of Tesla and The Boring Company, has sold 10 000 high-tech flamethrowers, worth $5 million, in less than 24 hours.
The project began as a tweet from Musk in December, who pledged he would start selling flamethrowers if The Boring Company sold 50 000 baseball caps.
The flamethrowers meet the legal requirements to be sold online in the US, having flames shorter than 3 meters, but in Australia it remains illegal to import or own a flamethrower.