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Michelangelo's statue of David encased in bricks to prevent bomb damage, WWII (lemmy.world)
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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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[-] Sparhawk87@lemmynsfw.com -1 points 5 months ago

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@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago

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

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