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    <title>How To Start a Fire With a Battery</title>
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      <![CDATA[Sticks and stones may break your bones, but they’ll take forever to start that fire. Here’s how to do it the modern way.]]>
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        <![CDATA[Some steel wool]]>
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      <ingredient>
        <![CDATA[A 9-volt battery]]>
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      <ingredient>
        <![CDATA[A little toilet paper]]>
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      <ingredient>
        <![CDATA[Some water]]>
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          <![CDATA[This video is for informational purposes only. You should never play with fire.]]>
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          <![CDATA[<p>This video is for informational purposes only. You should never play with fire.</p>]]>
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        <title>Tuck steel wool into toilet paper</title>
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          <![CDATA[Take a piece of steel wool and tuck it into the toilet paper.]]>
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          <![CDATA[<p>Take a piece of steel wool and tuck it into the toilet paper.</p>]]>
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          <![CDATA[Make sure several strands of steel wool are exposed. You’ll get more sparks that way.]]>
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          <![CDATA[<p>Make sure several strands of steel wool are exposed. You’ll get more sparks that way.</p>]]>
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        <title>Touch the battery to steel wool</title>
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          <![CDATA[Lightly touch the battery to the steel wool.]]>
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          <![CDATA[<p>Lightly touch the battery to the steel wool.</p>]]>
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          <![CDATA[This is a handy trick to know for camping trips, since steel wool will ignite even when wet.]]>
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          <![CDATA[<p>This is a handy trick to know for camping trips, since steel wool will ignite even when wet.</p>]]>
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          <![CDATA[Now put that thing out, before the smoke alarm goes off.]]>
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          <![CDATA[<p>Now put that thing out, before the smoke alarm goes off.</p>]]>
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          <![CDATA[When you touch the steel wool to the battery, you’re actually shorting it out, causing it to burst into flames.]]>
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          <![CDATA[<p>When you touch the steel wool to the battery, you’re actually shorting it out, causing it to burst into flames.</p>]]>
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