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  • There is no scientific evidence for or proven cases of spontaneous human combustion, in which a person randomly catches on fire.
  • Spontaneous combustion can occur with substances such as oily rags.

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Antoine Lavoisier
Antoine Lavoisier
French chemist
Guericke, engraving by C. Galle, 1649, after a portrait by Anselmus von Hulle
Otto von Guericke
Prussian physicist, engineer, and philosopher
Johann Joachim Becher, detail from an engraving
Johann Joachim Becher
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