It's when you use electricity to burn fern patterns into wood. It's a kind of art form, and safe-ish when you use the correct equipment, but since that's expensive people convert microwaves into ferning tools and one wrong touch kills them.
"Fractal Burning" is the technical term
Two people in Marathon County were electrocuted while they were engaging in a wood-art practice called “fractal burning.” Their deaths are calling attention to the risks of the practice, which […]
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