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Chip-pan-fire.jpg by Benjah-bmm27 ("Source: Own work") (infosec.pub)

submitted 4 days ago by silverchase@sh.itjust.works to c/wikipedia@lemmy.world

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[–] silverchase@sh.itjust.works 3 points 3 days ago

That's always how I imagine photos like these end up on Wikipedia. Snake bite? Third-degree burn? Threw my car into a ditch? But first, let me take a selfie!