If I recall, some of that effect was due to lead content......
Also, there was a fountain pen that had plastic cylinders full of ink. You put them inside the pen and when you screw on the end with the tip, it punctured the cylinder. Well, I used to light those up when they were empty and I stood on a chair and held them up by the ceiling. The drops fell into a metal waste basket from about 8 feet. Fantastic "zzzziiiip."