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In 1755, a 94-year-old man proved that the most terrifying thing in the world isn't death—it's what the human body can endure before it gets there. Henry Hall was the keeper of the Eddystone Lighthouse, a lonely pillar of wood and iron standing amidst the freezing gales of the English Channel. On a December night, a spark from the lantern ignited the structure. As Hall looked up to fight the flames, the roof—made of solid lead—began to liquefy in the intense heat. A stream of molten metal, heated to over 600 degrees Fahrenheit, poured directly into his open mouth. Most people would have died instantly. Hall didn't. He didn't even stop working. Despite having liquid fire sliding down his throat and into his stomach, Hall escaped the burning tower and was rescued by a boat. He insisted to the doctors that he had "swallowed melted lead," a claim they dismissed as the hallucinations of a dying, traumatized old man. It was medically impossible for a human to survive such an event for more than a few minutes. Henry Hall lived for twelve more days. He ate, he spoke, and he remained conscious until the very end. When he finally passed, a surgeon named Dr. Edward Spry performed an autopsy to settle the debate once and for all. Inside Hall’s stomach, they found a flat, solid piece of lead. It weighed exactly seven ounces. The metal had cooled inside him, forming a perfect cast of his digestive tract. The "Eddystone Lead" still exists today, a silver-grey slab of proof that sometimes, the truth is far more gruesome than any legend.