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Japan's 1,200-Year-Old ‘Eternal Flame’ Survives Massive Temple Fire (www.timesnownews.com)

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[–] HarneyToker@lemmy.world 69 points 1 day ago (2 children)

I suppose that makes sense.

[–] CmdrShepard49@sh.itjust.works 1 points 3 hours ago

"Flame survives fire"

[–] No1@aussie.zone 27 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

I don't know how you can tell if the flame survived the fire, or if the fire totally destroyed and has replaced the flame.

[–] webp@mander.xyz 24 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Yes, how do we know if it's the same flame?

[–] 4am@lemmy.zip 35 points 1 day ago (1 children)

The flame of Theseus

[–] fartographer@lemmy.world 1 points 11 hours ago

This was my grandfather's housefire, I just repainted