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From: buchbind@agrigene.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.misc
Subject: Re: Spontaneous combustion and people!
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Date: Tue, 14-Jan-86 19:16:45 EST
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References: <3101@brl-tgr.ARPA> <197@prometheus.UUCP> <3326@brl-tgr.ARPA> <3501@brl-tgr.ARPA> I have been hearing recently about a s
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> certain people have suppossedly spontaneously combusted. Usually their
> charred remains are found. I would appreciate any information that people
> might have regarding this suppossed phenomenom.

        I seem to remember a comedy routine about (black?) jazz musicians
that were so 'hot' that they would burst into flames while playing.  Does
anyone else out there remember this?
        People are more than 90% water.  They cannot spontaneously burst
into flames under normal conditions (i.e. under conditions where life is
possible).  If you want to do a experiment, use a piece of beef or chicken
as a model system.  One must badly over-cook it before the melted fat will
burst into flames.
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Barry Buchbinder                                         (608)221-5000
Agrigenetics Corporation; 5649 East Buckeye Road; Madison WI 53716 USA
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