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

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by FlyingSquid@lemmy.world to c/historyporn@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 4 points 1 year 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@lemmy.world 18 points 1 year ago

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