I promise you, I had nothing to do with that lake exploding and killing the town... On this episode, John explores spontaneous human combustion (or SHC for the cool science types) and attempts to donate his body to science. After, Jeremy goes through some the worst natural disasters in history, and its super funny and not at all grim or sad.   

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Music: "These Boys are on the Case" by Jeremy K.

Sources-

Spontaneous human combustion: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spontaneous_human_combustion

Is spontaneous human combustion real?: https://www.history.com/news/is-spontaneous-human-combustion-real

Bleak House by Charles Dickens: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bleak_House

Know about the facts and theories of spontaneous human combustion (video): https://www.britannica.com/video/215104/Is-Spontaneous-Human-Combustion-Real

'First Irish case' of death by spontaneous combustion: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-15032614

Wick effect: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wick_effect#:~:text=The%20wick%20effect%20is%20the,the%20wick%20of%20a%20candle.&text=It%20is%20one%20commonly%20offered,spontaneous%20human%20combustion%20(SHC).

Why does my breath smell like acetone?: https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/319683#diabetic-ketoacidosis

Spontaneous Human Combustion: Facts & Theories: https://www.livescience.com/42080-spontaneous-human-combustion.html

Natural Disaster (definition): https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/earth-and-planetary-sciences/natural-disaster#:~:text=Natural%20disasters%20are%20catastrophic%20events,social%20environmental%20disruption%20%5B1%5D.

Daulatpur Saturia Tornado: https://www.tornadofacts.net/tornado-records/daulatpur-saturia-tornado.html

Great Hurricane of 1780: https://worldhistoryproject.org/1780/10/10/great-hurricane-of-1780

Great Hurricane of 1780: The Story of the Greatest and Deadliest Hurricane of the Caribbean and the Americas by Wayne Neely: https://books.google.com/books?id=NUrOfm9zt0gC&pg=PA126#v=onepage&q&f=false

Great Hurricane of 1780 - Losses by the British Royal Navy: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Hurricane_of_1780#Losses_by_the_British_Royal_Navy

2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami: Facts, FAQs, and how to help: https://www.worldvision.org/disaster-relief-news-stories/2004-indian-ocean-earthquake-tsunami-facts

Shaanxi province earthquake of 1556: https://www.britannica.com/event/Shaanxi-province-earthquake-of-1556

LAKE NYOS (1986): http://sci.sdsu.edu/how_volcanoes_work/Nyos.html

Defusing Africa’s Killer Lakes: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/defusing-africas-killer-lakes-88765263/