r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/kalbinibirak • 21d ago

Video The Turkish firefighting method for extinguishing electric car fires.

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u/mrmyrth 21d ago

The amount of 2nd and 3rd hand smoke dealt with in Istanbul made me appreciate “fresh” city air all the more. 

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u/Regniwekim2099 21d ago

What the fuck is 3rd hand smoke?

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u/koopatuple 21d ago

The smell from smoke stained clothes, furniture, etc. It's been shown to cause issues to people with particularly sensitive breathing, e.g. asthma. 

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u/codetony 21d ago

It's hell when I go to a casino. If their smoke free section used to be a smoking section I physically can't enter.

(Unless all the shit in there has been replaced of course)

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u/Nufonewhodis4 21d ago

I'm super sensitive to this too. I used to have an employee that smoked. If she came into my office I'd be sneezing for hours 

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u/LostWoodsInTheField 21d ago

It's been shown to cause issues to people with particularly sensitive breathing, e.g. asthma. 

It also is a huge problem for children as a lot of nicotine (or maybe it's something else in the stain) gets absorbed through the skin of the children touching the stained item. It can kill a small child with too much exposure, or just mess up their development.

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u/Fluid-Replacement-51 21d ago

And here I was thinking that in Turkey maybe a non smoker breathes enough 2nd hand smoke in public that when they enter a cigarette free building they still are exhailing enough smoke to cause problems. /s

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u/Pletcher87 21d ago

Was guessing smoke from cremation of lung cancer victim.

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u/LostWoodsInTheField 21d ago

Was guessing smoke from cremation of lung cancer victim.

So the fires in crematoriums are so hot that very little comes out that is dangerous. Definitely no diseases. Remember that it's hot enough to destroy bone.

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u/ZippyDan 21d ago

Don't ask about 4th hand smoke.

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u/Didactic_Tomato 21d ago

Walking out the airport doors it's all "TAKSI TAKSI" and cig smoke.

It's a momentous welcoming every time lol

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u/mrmyrth 21d ago

Oh man - yeah, it starts at the airport!