{"id":5040,"date":"2016-03-23T12:28:10","date_gmt":"2016-03-23T12:28:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dailydigest.com\/?p=5040"},"modified":"2016-03-23T12:28:10","modified_gmt":"2016-03-23T12:28:10","slug":"how-to-start-a-fire-with-a-lemon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailydigest.com\/how-to-start-a-fire-with-a-lemon\/","title":{"rendered":"He Hammers Some Nails Into A Lemon.. Why? The Reason Might Just Save Your Life"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If you ever head out into the wilderness for whatever reason &#8211; camping, fishing, a Revenant reconstruction&#8230; You&#8217;re going to want to <em><strong>start a fire<\/strong><\/em>. It&#8217;s a pretty basic need out there, isn&#8217;t it? For keeping warm and cooking <a href=\"https:\/\/dailydigest.com\/top-10-foods-to-boost-your-immune-system-naturally\/\">food<\/a>. But what if you&#8217;ve forgotten a lighter or matches? Then what? Well, you&#8217;ve got to get creative. Find an alternative source to start a fire&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>This <em><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/dailydigest.com\/t-shirt-cleaning-hack\/\">life hack<\/a><\/strong><\/em> right here shows you <em><strong>how to start a fire with a lemon<\/strong><\/em>. Yip, that&#8217;s right. Okay, okay &#8211; if you&#8217;ve forgotten matches in the wild it&#8217;s not hugely likely you&#8217;ll be packing a load of citrus <a href=\"https:\/\/dailydigest.com\/top-10-foods-to-boost-your-immune-system-naturally\/\">fruits<\/a>, but hey &#8211; this is a cool trick anyway&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>With just a little wire, some nails and a lemon you can start a fire. Did you know that? We certainly didn&#8217;t. 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