India, March 19 -- A seven-year-old from Festus, Missouri, sustained severe third-degree burns and was placed in a coma after a NeeDoh cube, a popular squishy toy, exploded in her face. The terrifying incident happened when she tried to replicate a viral TikTok experiment that involved freezing and microwaving the toy.

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According to Kennedy News, as quoted by New York Post, Scarlett Selby had come across online videos of people altering the texture of NeeDoh cubes by freezing and then heating them. Attempting to replicate the process, she placed the toy in the microwave. However, when she removed it, the cube suddenly exploded, covering her fa...