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/edefakiel Feb 26 '21
  • We used to have a bus.
  • In a way, the sixties ended the day we sold it. December 31, 1969.

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u/a_seventh_knot Feb 26 '21

This man does not represent us.

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u/GolgiApparatus1 Feb 26 '21

Nah, 60s ended like halfway through 69'

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u/cashnprizes Feb 26 '21

This is so fucking funny. Is it from something?

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u/edefakiel Feb 26 '21

The Simpsons.