# Can This Really Kill Someone?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-this-really-kill-someone/178870>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [June 1, 2003, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-this-really-kill-someone/178870 "2003-06-01T02:20:01Z")\
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**Author:** ![gypsymoth3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/85e7bf/32.png) [@gypsymoth3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gypsymoth3)\
**Post date:** [June 1, 2003, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-this-really-kill-someone/178870/1 "2003-06-01T02:20:01Z")

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one of my friends said that pouring warm oil (i don’t know if vegetable oil would work, or if it’s a specific kind) in someone’s ear will kill them. is he just crazy? if you said he was, i wouldn’t be surprised.