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Mount Vesuvius eruption melted victim's brain to glass
Deutsche Welle ^
| 01.23.2020
| lc/rc (AFP, AP)
Posted on 01/23/2020 9:08:28 PM PST by Olog-hai
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posted on
01/23/2020 9:08:28 PM PST
by
Olog-hai
To: Olog-hai
Note to self.
Do not set brain on glass near a volcano.
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posted on
01/23/2020 9:10:04 PM PST
by
DannyTN
To: Olog-hai
And about 2000 years later, the same vitrification process was found in the brain of Joe Biden.
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posted on
01/23/2020 9:11:42 PM PST
by
nwrep
To: SunkenCiv
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posted on
01/23/2020 9:11:46 PM PST
by
a fool in paradise
(We need a tax to stamp out Communism- If you espouse Marxism weÂ’ll redistribute all of your money.)
To: Olog-hai
He had a great skull,because it didn’t explode like they do often do when super heated to 800F.
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posted on
01/23/2020 9:14:57 PM PST
by
Jonty30
(What Islam and secularism have in common is that they are both death by cultsther)
To: Olog-hai
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posted on
01/23/2020 9:15:56 PM PST
by
BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire. Or both.)
To: Olog-hai
Is that covered by insurance? I don’t know if my PPO covers a glazier.
To: Olog-hai
Now that’s getting ‘baked’!
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posted on
01/23/2020 9:18:03 PM PST
by
dfwgator
(Endut! Hoch Hech!)
To: Blue Jays
"...heated to 520* C / 968* F. and quickly cooled..."
I am sure it was a pretty quick way to go, all things considered.
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posted on
01/23/2020 9:25:40 PM PST
by
Blue Jays
( Rock hard ~ Ride free)
To: Olog-hai
That’s so scientific. Gotta love those third world educated folks. ;D
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posted on
01/23/2020 9:27:13 PM PST
by
familyop
("Welcome to Costco. I love you." - -Costco greeter in the movie, "Idiocracy")
To: Olog-hai
To: hope_dies_last
Vitrification is too noble a fate for that brain.
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posted on
01/23/2020 9:34:45 PM PST
by
Olog-hai
("No Republican, no matter how liberal, is going to woo a Democratic vote." -- Ronald Reagan, 1960)
To: Olog-hai
God punished Pompeii with the eruption. Pompeii was so hedinous it would make Amsterdam red light district look like Sesame Street.
To: Olog-hai
Hopefully, he died quickly.
To: Olog-hai
Bull Sh-—t.
To turn to glass the brain would have to have much silicon in it. It does not. It is possible that silicon dioxide could have replaced the brain tissue over thousands of years if the burnt corpse was in a layer of ash that had moisture running through it. This is a common occurrence in fossilization. Volcanic ash is mostly silicon dioxide. It becomes soluble and can replace bones and tissue. It is a normal process.
That brain did not become glass or silicon dioxide by heat. It became such by mineral replacement of the remaining tissue of which I suspect was little.
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posted on
01/23/2020 9:40:56 PM PST
by
cpdiii
( canecutter, deckhand, roughneck, geologist, pilot, pharmacist THE CONSTITUTION IS WORTH DYING FOR)
To: Olog-hai
I hate it when that happens!
To: a fool in paradise; StayAt HomeMother; Ernest_at_the_Beach; 1ofmanyfree; 21twelve; 24Karet; ...
Thanks a fool in paradise. In the wall, the victim had carved, in Latin, "yes, but it's *dry* heat".
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posted on
01/23/2020 9:56:52 PM PST
by
SunkenCiv
(Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
Vitrification, it's the name of the game" -- Bobbius Darrenius
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posted on
01/23/2020 9:58:06 PM PST
by
SunkenCiv
(Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
To: cpdiii
As a scientist, I completely agree.
This is complete BS about the brain becoming glass through heat. All it became through heat was baked brain, possibly burned.
To: cpdiii
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