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Can humans spontaneously combust? The baffling cases explained. (www.popsci.com)
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[–] spankmonkey@lemmy.world 23 points 1 year 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 1 year ago (1 children)

At least they had the decency to use a dead pig

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

Fat sheep is hella flammable

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

[–] Noodle07@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

I clicked on them in Warcraft 3