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Why Does Moist Baled and Stacked Hay Spontaneously Catch Fire?

→Subscribe for new videos every day! https://www.youtube.com/user/TodayIFoundOut?sub_confirmation=1 →How "Dick" came to be short for 'Richard': https://youtu.be/BH1NAwwKtcg?list=PLR0XuDegDqP2Acy6g9Ta7hzC0Rr3RDS6q Never run out of things to say at the water cooler with TodayIFoundOut! Brand new videos 7 days a week! More from TodayIFoundOut Why is there an Area of New York Called the Bronx? https://youtu.be/KZa0WaN1ykU?list=PLR0XuDegDqP0GESJ0DgpgTcThLJVEbFs8 Where Do "Gypsies" Originally Come From? https://youtu.be/tccz97GLbeA?list=PLR0XuDegDqP0GESJ0DgpgTcThLJVEbFs8 In this video: Plant reactions and bacterial growth combine to raise temperatures in even the driest hay bales, although most never catch fire on their own. However, when hay is packed tightly, and enough moisture gets in, the conditions may be right for spontaneous hay combustion. Want the text version?: http://www.todayifoundout.com/index.php/2014/09/moist-baled-stacked-hay-catch-fire/ Sources: http://www.wired.com/2014/09/2014-pace-warmest-year-ever/ http://www.ilri.org/InfoServ/Webpub/fulldocs/ilca_manual4/Microbiology.htm http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bacteria http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK7919/ http://www.depi.vic.gov.au/agriculture-and-food/dairy/pastures-management/hay-preservatives http://www.ag.ndsu.edu/news/newsreleases/2011/july-25-2011/don2019t-risk-hay-fires/view http://www.nicholls.edu/biol-ds/biol155/Lectures/Glycolysis%20&%20Respiration%202.pdf http://www.thedenverchannel.com/news/local-news/large-hay-fire-burning-near-la-junta http://sacramento.cbslocal.com/2013/09/27/massive-hay-fire-burning-in-winters/ http://www.ext.colostate.edu/mg/gardennotes/141.html#respiration http://www.extension.umn.edu/agriculture/horse/nutrition/preventing-hay-fires/ http://ext.wsu.edu/hay-combustion.html http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2014/aug/01/uk-summer-one-hottest-century http://www.uwex.edu/ces/forage/wfc/proceedings2001/mold_growth_in_hay.htm Im

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  • Originally Aired March 15, 2017
  • Runtime 5 minutes
  • Production Code jO5W25csxGo
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