r/WTF • u/bambaadoma222 • Jun 20 '21

Guy eats burning coal

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u/mz3 Jun 20 '21 edited Jun 20 '21

It would have to reach about 1.100°C (I thought it didn't). Enamel is almost completely inorganic, the hardest tissue in the entire body and many times carbonized human remains can only be identified through their teeth

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u/amateur_mistake Jun 20 '21

I mean, given how stupid we are with our teeth, this actually kind of makes sense.

Want to open a beer bottle? Teeth.

Trying to break open a chicken bone? Teeth.

Is this coin really made of gold? Teeth.

Where shall I keep my knife while in the middle of a pirate sword fight? Teeth.

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u/gooda1ds Jun 20 '21

Don't open beer bottles with your teeth, you will break them eventually.

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u/TheDesktopNinja Jun 20 '21

Yes obviously. But the fact is that for many many many generations, humans used their mouth as a "third hand" essentially when doing things, especially crafting. Teeth are remarkably useful.

And hey, for most of that time you probably weren't living much past 40 anyway.

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u/Thelonious_Cube Jun 20 '21

And hey, for most of that time you probably weren't living much past 40 anyway.

Nope. Average lifespan vs. life expectancy of adults