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by jszymborski 855 days ago
> Meh. I've seen taller flames from a lone page of crumpled newsprint.

Are you Jason Bourne?

https://youtu.be/4yEFqDqTFPc

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Those were magazines, newspaper (especially the stock used back in the day) is far more flammable.
They did test newsprint at one point in the YouTube video, and indeed it was the quickest to ignite.