title: Why do 13 characters crash Chrome on a Mac
body: <p>Why does the following string of characters crash Google Chrome on a Mac?</p>
  
  <p><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/Q3MtL.png" alt="problematic string"><br>
  <sup>The actual string can be found <a href="http://jsbin.com/munocuwoju/1" rel="nofollow noreferrer">on this jsbin</a></sup></p>
  
  <p>I've read all about it but nobody has given any answer as to why it actually happens.</p>
  
  <p>Does anybody actually know why this happens and can explain?</p>