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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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