Turns out the government's airplane laptop ban was actually a huge fire risk

Remember that time the United States government forced a bunch of passengers flying from overseas to put their laptops in checked luggage? Turns out placing those devices in your checked luggage could pose a huge fire and explosion risk on airplanes.

If the lithium-ion battery inside a laptop heats up too much inside the checked baggage compartment of a plane, it has the potential to start a fire, according to reported tests conducted by the Federal Aviation Administration. If that fire spreads to, say, a can of dry shampoo, the can might explode.