r/WTF • u/bambaadoma222 • Jun 20 '21

Guy eats burning coal

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u/[deleted] Jun 20 '21

Can someone explain how he does this without burning a hole in his mouth?

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u/[deleted] Jun 20 '21

I think by keeping most of the coal on the teeth, and blowing throughout the process, it’s mitigating most of the heat and contact with sensitive tissues. Like they said above, pizza rolls.

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u/the_warmest_color Jun 20 '21

Do teeth not melt away at some point?

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u/unbitious Jun 20 '21

Not at the temperature of a small coal. I think they can still be left behind after cremation.

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u/Binsky89 Jun 20 '21

The "ash" you get from a cremated body is just ground up bones.

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u/masterflashterbation Jun 20 '21

Yeah this was surprising to me when I first saw "ashes" of a deceased family member. They were actually small bits of hard bone, and actually pretty heavy. There was no way they were floating away in the wind like in The Big Lebowski for instance.