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Saw these weird statue-like things in a parking lot (lemmy.blahaj.zone)

submitted 1 year ago by outer_spec@lemmy.blahaj.zone to c/whatisthisthing@lemmy.world

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[–] stratusfear@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Those are pieces of an onyx chess set. I used to have that exact set. Here's an example from ebay: https://www.ebay.com/itm/276268677793?itmmeta=01HQGDMT5HNWBF8YNWTDN1Q1D5

[–] Stamets@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Amazing. 4 minute answer for something very specific. Truly incredible.