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CaptObvious@literature.cafe 11 months agoLead melts at such a low temperature that it will vaporize long before the body is reduced to ash.
Comment on What happens when people die with metal on or on them?
CaptObvious@literature.cafe 11 months agoLead melts at such a low temperature that it will vaporize long before the body is reduced to ash.
chunkystyles@sopuli.xyz 11 months ago
I didn’t believe you. So I looked it up. I had no idea how hot cremation was. What a waste of energy.
CmdrShepard@lemmy.one 11 months ago
I learned this listening to true crime podcasts. Killers often try to burn bodies but it doesn’t work because you need an actual furnace to reduce a body down to ash.
DrSteveBrule@mander.xyz 11 months ago
There’s an episode of Nathan For You where he tries to test if a pizza oven will cremate a body but he gave up after a few hours lol
CaptObvious@literature.cafe 11 months ago
It can be seen that way. Neil deGrasse Tyson agrees with you. OTOH, it’s a way to conserve cemetery space and reduce the environmental impact of graveyards.
chunkystyles@sopuli.xyz 11 months ago
Sure, but cremation isn’t the only other alternative.
BallsInTheShredder@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Blast my body out into the ocean and let the fish eat me