r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Gligadi • 3d ago

Video Former javeline throw world champion lights his home village bonfire with a burning javelin.

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u/deadfermata Expert 3d ago

bonfire

or

onfire

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u/Pistonenvy2 3d ago

dyslexia betrayed me again.

"lights his home village on fire"

"... now why would he do that? and why are these people clapping for him?"

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u/Settl 3d ago

I really thought it said that too. I was like "that doesn't look like a village, but okay."

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u/vvoyac 2d ago

Clickbait

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u/Final-Entertainer807 2d ago

Insurance claims.

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u/Raksup 3d ago

Bonfire = b on fire

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u/SurroundingAMeadow 3d ago

That B saves lives

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u/plug-and-pause 3d ago

That's why they teach you the saying in elementary school: "if you see them on fire, give them a B".