Archived A better trick than Walk on Hot Coals? Leidenfrost effect (gfycat.com)
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Archived A better trick than Walk on Hot Coals? Leidenfrost effect (gfycat.com)
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[–] slevin_kelevra 0 points 2 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago
How?
[–] Sire 0 points 3 points 3 points (+3|-0) ago
Be quick. And make your hand moist.
[–] Derpfroot 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
I think it's just so hot that as long as your hand is moist, the intense heat with create a barrier of steam between his skin, which keeps a very small, but very important, layer between the two. Same reason people can do this same trick with liquid nitrogen.
[–] odinist 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
Witchcraft, obviously.