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Can humans spontaneously combust? The baffling cases explained. (www.popsci.com)
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[–] spankmonkey@lemmy.world 23 points 11 months ago (2 children)

In his view, the missing factor is that other animals don’t tend to “wrap themselves up in blankets and drink whiskey and smoke,” he says.

But what is they did?

John DeHaan, a forensic scientist, set fire to a pig carcass wrapped in blankets

Science!

[–] blimthepixie@thebrainbin.org 10 points 11 months ago (1 children)

At least they had the decency to use a dead pig

[–] bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de 1 points 11 months ago

But living burning pigs are hilarious!

At least according to toddler me who invented a "joke" about a burning pig which was put out by a firefighter. I thought it was hilarious. A burning pig! The firefighter was soooo confused!

[–] acosmichippo@lemmy.world -1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

other animals don’t tend to “wrap themselves up in blankets

uh lots of animals are naturally wrapped in blankets, and fat for that matter.

[–] Noodle07@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Fat sheep is hella flammable

[–] bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de 3 points 11 months ago (1 children)

[–] Noodle07@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago

I clicked on them in Warcraft 3