Man falls into real black hole after mistaking it for realistic-looking painting

Thursday, August 23, 2018
An Italian man found out the hard way that a very realistic-looking painting of a black hole was, in fact, an actual black hole.

The man tumbled 8 feet down into the art installation at a Portuguese museum.
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The piece, called Descent Into Limbo, features a hole, covered on all sides with extremely black paint, to give the illusion that it has no depth at all.

The museum says there are a number of warnings, telling visitors the hole is real and not to step on it, but there are no ropes.
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Fortunately, the man who tested the art out is going to be OK.

He's now at home recovering from a back injury.
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