stackyFACTSFeaturing some of the most breathtaking prehistoric cave paintings ever discovered, the original Lascaux caves in France have been strictly closed to the public since 1963. The mere carbon dioxide expelled by human breath and the heat from tourist bodies rapidly bred a lethal fungus that was slowly eating the 17,000-year-old art.
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