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Olena Vladymyrets, 94, from Vinnytsia, and her daughter Nina made 4,000 trench candles for Ukranian defenders. (streamable.com)

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[–] BombOmOm@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago

My guess is to have the flame dispersed over the entire candle so as to make it much more difficult to blow out. Would also make it hotter for use as a field stove or human warmer.