The Anxiety Encyclopedia

14. S is for Spontaneous Combustion

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Lorien walks Katharine through the likelihood that they or their snacks will just burst into flame.


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  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spontaneous_combustion
  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autoignition_temperature
  • https://www.tastingtable.com/850505/do-pistachios-actually-combust/
  • https://www.metaflix.com/a-devastating-look-at-the-1937-fox-vault-fire/
  • https://www.npr.org/2017/04/10/523237767/whats-the-issue-with-nitrate-film-stock-its-combustible
  • https://unwritten-record.blogs.archives.gov/2018/12/10/film-preservation-101-is-nitrate-film-really-dangerous/
  • https://cinematographomania.wordpress.com/the-infamous-fox-vault-fire/
  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1937_Fox_vault_fire
  • https://web.archive.org/web/20080509123432/http://www.wa-hay.org/publications/Spontaneous Combustion in Hay Stacks.pdf
  • https://wildwoodsurvival.com/survival/fire/spontaneouscombustion/rbjul05/index.html
  • https://www.nps.gov/articles/fire-prevention-52-spontaneous-combustion.htm
  • https://www.mfs.sa.gov.au/community/safety-and-education/fact-sheets-and-brochures/fact-sheet-pages/self-heating-and-spontaneous-combustion
  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spontaneous_human_combustion
  • https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/564288/charles-dickens-bleak-house-spontaneous-combustion-death
  • https://www.britannica.com/story/is-spontaneous-human-combustion-real
  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Reeser
  • https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-15032614
  • https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-families/features/spontaneous-human-combustion-woman-who-suffered-burns-in-germany-spurs-debate-about-controversial-phenomenon-a6722166.html
  • https://www.businessinsider.com/is-spontaneous-human-combustion-real-or-myth-scientific-evidence
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