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Your burning questions about the Olympics torch, answered

By Maya Wei-Haas February 16, 2018
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Curious minds will want to know that the blaze is lit not with matches or a lighter, but using a method that dates to Ancient Greece.

Read the article in Smithsonian Magazine.

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