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Exploding Cell Phone Battery Kills

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the hate-when-that-happens dept.

LingNoi writes "A man in Korea was found dead at his workplace Wednesday morning and his mobile phone battery was melted in his shirt pocket. No one knows for sure yet but a doctor who examined the body said, "He sustained an injury that is similar to a burn in the left chest and his ribs and spine were broken" We have heard of other dangerous battery products here on Slashdot." Update: 11/30 17:34 GMT by Z : Turns out the melted battery was the least of his worries; he was actually hit by a truck.

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  1. Re:Grain of Salt Required? by HTTP+Error+403+403.9 · · Score: 5, Funny

    In Korea, exploding cellphones are only for old people.

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    I'm not a Troll, it's reverse psychology.
  2. Also today by moogied · · Score: 5, Funny
    A man was found dead in Canada. He died from apparent bullet wounds to the skull.

    Police have a sony laptop in custody.

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    So basically, -1 troll/offtopic is really slashdots way of saying "I hate that you thought of something before me."
  3. Re:Grain of Salt Required? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    I'd just like to say "thank you" for posting a photo link that WASN'T goatse.