Vesuvius Ash Transforms Brain

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Mount Vesuvius eruption turned a man's brain into glass. Here's how it happened

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Scientists examining the remains of a man who died in bed in the ancient city of Herculaneum after Italy 's Mount Vesuvius erupted in 79 AD found dark fragments resembling obsidian inside his skull.

It turns out the eruption had somehow turned his brain into glass.

It is the only case on record of such a phenomenon, and researchers now have answers for why it happened.

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