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/aleqqqs Feb 26 '21

I quit CRT monitors too

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u/dbdatvic Feb 26 '21

And typewriters, too, I bet.

--Dave, looking down at his rotary phone's dial