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Fire starting using flint, Iron pyrites and fungus

Living in the Stone Age by Oxford University

Oct 13, 20155:29Education

Manse Ahmad uses King Alfred Cake and Horse hoof fungus, flint and Iron pyrites to raise a flame.

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Fire starting using flint, Iron pyrites and fungus is an episode from Living in the Stone Age by Oxford University. Manse Ahmad uses King Alfred Cake and Horse hoof fungus, flint and Iron pyrites to raise a flame. The episode was published...

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Published Oct 13, 2015, 5:29 long, audio available.

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