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HOWTO start a fire with a Coke can and a chocolate bar
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Cory Doctorow
, April 23, 2005 5:58 AM
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So if you're ever lost in the woods with a can of Coke and a chocolate bar, you can polish the bottom of the can to a mirror finish with the chocolate and use it as a lens to focus sunlight and start a fire.
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