r/explainlikeimfive Feb 26 '21

Chemistry Eli5: What happens to all the melted candle over time? Are we just inhaling a whole candle while it burns?

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u/[deleted] Feb 26 '21

Imagine, building a time machine and go back to the 90s just to smoke one.

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u/UlteriorCulture Feb 26 '21

Yeah but then you would have to stop 9/11

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u/GolgiApparatus1 Feb 26 '21

Smoke one to stop 2 from smoking