r/nottheonion 9d ago

DC heat melts head off wax replica of Abraham Lincoln

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c0xxjn07d6qo
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u/BalognaMacaroni 9d ago

Since this keeps getting posted everywhere - it’s an art installation that was supposed to melt. It’s literally the point of its existence

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u/BlowMoreGlass 9d ago

It was "intended to be burnt like a candle and change over time" but the extreme heat jacked it up much more and much faster than they intended

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u/Spoonythebastard 8d ago

It wasn't the "extreme heat" the people who made it just didn't seem to think about what wax does on asphalt during the summer.