Make fire from potatoes, salt and toothpaste (FAKE?)

Make fire from potatoes, salt and toothpaste (FAKE?)

F for FAKE. This video has been labeled a "Faux-To". Commonly contested as bogus science, we believe this video to be a hoax. What's your opinion? Comment below.

Cut a potato in half. Hollow-out one side of the potato. Fill with mixture of salt and tooth paste. With tooth picks, poke holes to insert electrical wires into the other half of the potato. Assemble both halves and secure with tooth picks. Attach combustible material to one wire and wait 5 minutes. Connect wire and voila. FIRE!!!

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mcpaintball 1 year ago
Excellent, I just need to repack my 72 hour kit
+1
ryan 4 months ago
oh!
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lishellymili 4 months ago
real?i do not
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bankshelly 4 months ago
the way is good,i like this way.
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Mattex 1 year ago
so this actually works?
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Lobsterkiller 10 months ago
No, I tried it and it did not work. I was able to get voltage but the cotton wouldn't start on fire. I was able to get about 1 volt. I tried with vinegar and salt and got more voltage but no ignition or spark. Not sure what went wrong...
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blide 5 months ago
Need of a bigger potato maybe? :-)
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Harukii 5 months ago
probably a specific potato(that may sound stupid to you)
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delaware 5 months ago
or a riper potato, more fresh. or else this is fake nonsense. i would take the time to try but its labelled as F for fake or whatever so ef wasting my time.
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Anthonyk312 5 months ago
why not just use a 9- volt battery and connect the ends with paperclips. they make a spark when in contact.
+2
pyro dude 1 year ago
yes it dose work. it takes 5 mins for it to genarate. but after it had you can light cotton wool for about 4 hours wif it. you can also powder low L.E.D's. give it a go.
+5
robbace 1 year ago
HAHA i'm cracking up thinking about pulling out a potato to lite a ladies ciggy. This is awsome!
+1
blide 5 months ago
LOL..yeah!
+2
Shaving Cream MAN! 1 year ago
I wonder if I can power my iPhone with this?
+1
andy 1 year ago
i'm skeptical. But i was also skeptical about allowing women to vote.
+2
imedbone 4 months ago
as well as allowing women to WORK; they took half our jobs away and only accomplished skyrocketing the cost of living!
+1
nualte 3 months ago
besides they should be in the kitchen
+3
Ben 1 year ago
I call it the Irish heater.
+1
mastersduhgree 5 months ago
gwahahaaha. good one
+1
dononeblade 1 year ago
This is pretty cool, Can you tell me how it works
+1
jakecake 12 months ago
nice one
+1
somebody 12 months ago
good :)
+1
xlin85 11 months ago
nice ....
+1
jon123 11 months ago
very cool !
+1
Joel 11 months ago
This could be the renewable energy source that replaces coal and oil! Probably not...
+1
aaaccc 11 months ago
nice:)
+2
redrocket83 11 months ago
hmm yes
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mcharlton 11 months ago
the reason this works with the toothpaste is because it has an alkaline nature, which nicely conducts the electrons free when the salt becomes aqueous in the liquid toothpaste.
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cyrus_wiccan 10 months ago
NERD!
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mr_vdat 9 months ago
and you are a stupid one who can call a clever person who can tell us the reason how its possible...
now i know what to take with me when im on a island :P
+1
mr_vdat 9 months ago
correction:
and you are a stupid one who can call a clever person as a nerd who can tell us the reason how its possible...
now i know what to take with me when im on a island :P
+1
pinney 4 months ago
a lighter
?
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smokenator 6 months ago
lmfao! You're a wiccan and you're calling mcharlton a nerd? Priceless.
+2
4bucks 6 months ago
OMG i know right!lol i know 2 wiccans:both are over 200 pounds,spend more than 12 hours a day on the computer,have over 50 pimples on their face,and..theyre nerdy as fawk.
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wiccan817 4 months ago
shut the #$%@ up, im wiccan and i only weigh 155 lb. so shut up and dont critisize #$%@. dumb #$%@
+2
wicccasucks 6 months ago
thats rich.. a wiccan callin ANYONE a nerd
+2
mastersduhgree 5 months ago
oh gawd...all it takes is a couple bozo,s to get off subject this far...shut up already
+1
blide 5 months ago
why toothpaste..water should do..
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belugas 11 months ago
i was going to vote for the bra video but I just can't after watching how to make a fire from a potato. the potato gets my vote.
+1
littleone 11 months ago
who would have ever known..lol
+1
Sir_Kalin 11 months ago
Another cool Fire Trick: Lying.
You're pants will magically catch fire.
+1
gooor 5 months ago
lol ur funny haha. lmao
+1
gooor 5 months ago
liar liar pants on fire
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almighty 11 months ago
Pretty cool!!!
+2
vhdcrusher 10 months ago
its cool, but at the beginning, they ask how to respond to pretty girl who needs a light.
this is supposedly the answer. its a cool trick and all but seroiusly, who carries a toothpaste+salt infused potato with two wires sticking out of it?
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sothrowedmex 5 months ago
ditto. This is the same thing I was thinking lol
+1
danny100333 10 months ago
thats preety cool
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alexander_k 10 months ago
smart....
+1
cyrus_wiccan 10 months ago
nice
+1
ssteven232 9 months ago
10 bucks says hes in idaho
+1
seattled 6 months ago
lol idaho..funny dude...they have so much potatoe they don't even know what to do with it huh
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mastersduhgree 5 months ago
gwahahaha...now thats a worth while off subject comment...heh
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Xoebear 9 months ago
Oh yeah, a girl asks me for a light. I don't have a lighter or a simple match, but I conveniently have a potato, salt, toothpaste, wires, and cotton. Oh, I'd never take the simple effort of walking and buying a 99 cent match box, I'll use this and I'm sure she'll wait like 7 minutes for the light instead of asking the other friend right next to her. This is great!

Seriously, what's the #$%@ing point of this video? >XD
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smokenator 6 months ago
The point to the video is that people like to have fun. You're obviously not one of them.
+1
nicknac1234 5 months ago
and the point to this video is to have fun insted of doin jack #$%@ all day and its not like your really goin to light a cig wit it so just chill out and have fun if you no how to
+1
gooor 5 months ago
lol seriously i was thinkin the same thing too
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darkreaction 9 months ago
Great way of using alternatives on getting a fire but waiting 5 mins for flame to appear and the fire disappear shortly, not worth it, get a lighter at Wal-mart!
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mastersduhgree 5 months ago
i been stuck in the woods (at work)needed fire and youd be amazed at what you can come up with to make fire.
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x-plosivsera 9 months ago
Doesn't matter how long it lasts or how strong that is, it made me get fire out of a potato, it's a nice trick imho.
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xxkai 9 months ago
what happens when you don't use the cotton?
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nicknac1234 5 months ago
maybe you'll just get shocked or something... i dunno
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venom20078 9 months ago
i can nooooooot get this to work. It may have a voltage but not even a spark came out. This is sooo stupid.
+1
Sabre 9 months ago
cool, facinating
+1
Nerdking13 9 months ago
wow, this really works!
+1
reeniz0174 8 months ago
so if the person doesn't have a lighter what makes you think they have a potatoe, a knife, a spoon, salt, and two wires lol it still cool though i wanne try it
+1
rjrono 8 months ago
josh.....simple good
+1
Lego677 7 months ago
lol
+1
al_01 7 months ago
awesome?1
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Ryucoin 7 months ago
there is a correct toothpaste? or can be any type?
+1
mastersduhgree 5 months ago
can you use another paste?
+2
eXoCheaterz 6 months ago
nice job,

but why would you bring salt, patatous and all off the rest with you to a date..?
+1
Shadowmaster 6 months ago
wow. what if a terrorist found this out, and came to the us, and blew the #$%@ out of us?
+1
dutchman_999 5 months ago
lol, I think the terrorist would have a better chance of just throwing the potatoe at us. :)
+1
mastersduhgree 5 months ago
yeah or his shoes
+1
dutchman_999 5 months ago
lmfao, another repeat of president bush.
+1
armour666 6 months ago
nice. but by that time the noce girl wood have left for somone which did have a lighter or maches.
+1
4bucks 6 months ago
lol well what if i happened to be chillin with sum hoes,randomly robbed Mr.Kings fruit stand for a potato,stole some salt from the kroger across the street(and toothpaste)and some small appliance,took out the wires,also stole some toothpicks.hell yeah
+2
Thedaylees 6 months ago
I tried this and couldn't get the cotton ball to catch fire...

AND THEN.....................

** After many attempts... I finally got it to work (after placing a 9v battery inside the potato and connecting the two wires to each terminal) touched the wire to the wire in the cotton ball......and then VIOLA ... FLAMES !!!!
+3
papawook 6 months ago
I think I'm going to quit smoking,this time for real.
+2
Shanjid12 6 months ago
awesome!!:p
+1
dogbunnyabc 6 months ago
hi people
+1
ebaker 6 months ago
lmao...i'd do anything for a guy that lit my cigarette like that
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egzon22 6 months ago
i tried this 2 times but sumthing wrong i cant do it ...:(
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danish8693 6 months ago
i tried but nothing happens
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anarchy_420_74 5 months ago
I LIKE FIRE..........i got to try this....only maybe on a larger scale......muah hahahahahahahahahahahaaaaaaa
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lovetruth 5 months ago
and what if the fire doesn't start exactly when you're trying to give her the fire? :))) (like in previous failed cases... :-" :)) )
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dmeon 5 months ago
When I tried this my toothpicks broke, so I got toothpaste all over her skirt.
+1
zealthedestroyer 5 months ago
cool man...you could cook a pea with it
+1
mrannoyalot 5 months ago
haha a pea ya know haha. thats funny.
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dominator 5 months ago
Nice...
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sid200 5 months ago
A girl came up to me with a fag in her mouth and said do you have a potato ?????
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Tikki 5 months ago
Do you use copper or silver wire. I had a potato clock as a kid and one wire was copper and the other silver. That thing ran just by putting the leads in the ground, beer all sorts of stuff.
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fcvcxvcv 5 months ago
awesomeeee
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gortail 5 months ago
So...

Girl: Can you light my cigarette?

You: Well, I don't have my lighter or matches... but wait! I have big pockets, so I carry around a bunch of junk. Let's see... Good news! I've got all the stuff to make a fire.

lol not the best scenario.
Cool experiment though...
+1
lard oh 5 months ago
you could smoke a dubie with out a lighter or mathches
+1
lard oh 5 months ago
the south shall rise again
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mastersduhgree 5 months ago
i think its actually down for the count
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mrannoyalot 5 months ago
hahahaha
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minimoonpie 5 months ago
see, i just wouldent lite a cigarette for anyone but if i had to and i didn't have alighter i would use a match
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minimoonpie 5 months ago
but I have to admit this is cool
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CRAZY EMINEM FAN 4 months ago
thats intresting... is it the salt that reacts with the toothpaste though?
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Chaotic Hopes 4 months ago
That's pretty insane. I wonder who thinks to do this, lol.
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dscottt 4 months ago
I'll teach my patients at the hospital on potato day
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descoverynizer 4 months ago
I've just tried it out but there are allmost 0.07 volts...
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crawforduk 4 months ago
Good stuff lol
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XrayMan 4 months ago
I can't believe that there are so many uneducated morons on this planet who can be fooled by such nonsense. P.T. Barnam said it best... "There's a sucker born every minute!"
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pranthavar 3 months ago
Please be very careful doing this. Using my giger counter I found that certain potatoes are radioactive and those are the ones that will light the cotton the best, but the radioactivity jumps up very high, maybe as much as 100 X-rays. Watch out especially for the greenish tinted potatoes, they are the highest.
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ih8boyzzz 3 months ago
it didnt work!!! :(
thanks to this video we got 0 in science!
:(
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raghav3k 3 months ago
u'll cut ur fingers if u chop a potato dat way.. prety cool experiment though.. it DOES work!!!! nn does a midget hooker charge half d price?
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WesSRH last month
im gonna use this next time i need to start a fire in the woods, then ill be able to cook my potato
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