There are some really cool survivalist tricks out there that show us that people actually did survive before the Age of Technology and the Industrial Age. Back then, if you wanted to build a fire, the only tools you likely had were raw materials, elbow grease, and unwavering determination to see it through. But we bet that even further back, the ability to start a fire with so little was deemed as somehow working with the devil, and this video would surely have seen someone burned at the stake. Yes, it is a demonstration of how it is possible to start a fire using ice. If you want to use this technique, it would probably behoove you to try it at least once in a controlled situation, not one that would require fire for your survival.

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