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Michelangelo's statue of David encased in bricks to prevent bomb damage, WWII (lemmy.world)

submitted 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Edit: Someone sent this to me, but I found a source discussing it.

https://greg.org/archive/2018/02/22/brickelangelo.html

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 11 months ago (5 children)

Uh
So they turned it into an inverse frag grenade?

[–] [email protected] 21 points 11 months ago (2 children)

The statue still exists, so I guess it worked out.

[–] Sparhawk87 15 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I have a rock that keeps away sharks and bears if your interested in buying it, I've always had it and have never been attacked by either thus proving it works. /s

[–] [email protected] 18 points 11 months ago

I didn't say it worked, I said it worked out.

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