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

submitted 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) by FlyingSquid to c/historyporn

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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] 7 points 1 month ago (5 children)

Uh
So they turned it into an inverse frag grenade?

[–] FlyingSquid 21 points 1 month ago (2 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month 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

[–] FlyingSquid 18 points 1 month ago

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

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