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`the popular firework, Roman candle, is named after the Roman practise of burning Christians to welcome the returning Caesar or a general.
By binding the prisoner very tightly with rope heavily tarred, from ankle to throat, when the rope was lit, it would burn hot enough to boil bodily fluids, which could not expand apart from upwards , the head was like a plug and the mounting pressure eventually popped the plug.
 
`the popular firework, Roman candle, is named after the Roman practise of burning Christians to welcome the returning Caesar or a general.
By binding the prisoner very tightly with rope heavily tarred, from ankle to throat, when the rope was lit, it would burn hot enough to boil bodily fluids, which could not expand apart from upwards , the head was like a plug and the mounting pressure eventually popped the plug.
Man's inhumanity to man knows no bounds.

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`the popular firework, Roman candle, is named after the Roman practise of burning Christians to welcome the returning Caesar or a general.
By binding the prisoner very tightly with rope heavily tarred, from ankle to throat, when the rope was lit, it would burn hot enough to boil bodily fluids, which could not expand apart from upwards , the head was like a plug and the mounting pressure eventually popped the plug.
Was this standard proceedure.
 
Also a little known fact that Sparklers were originally Spartan torture devices. They'd coat a stick in a mixture of pitch and fat, lightly dust it with tiny iron filings, light it and wave it around carelessly like someone else's stupid child... the fat would pop and spit, flinging off tiny flecks of white hot iron, annoying the shit out of the victim who forgot to wear a thick coat, scarf and gloves.
 
Just sitting on the porch having a coffee and one of these pricks strolls past my feet.

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