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This video shows an IKEA shiny metal bowl that catches newspaper on fire because of how sunlight reflects focuses on one point. It looks like it catches on fire quickly & the piece of paper looks like it might have some fuel of some sort on it. Would this work this fast without fuel on the paper?

by /u/adudeguyman in /r/askscience

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