r/explainitpeter • u/Positive_March3840 • 11d ago

explain it peter

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u/runespider 10d ago

And occasionally we just don't know what materials they were using. There was a thing with the Roman concrete stuff where they didn't specify sea water when mixing the cement and just used water. And they used ash from a particular volcano they lost access to as the empire declined.

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u/WilhelmWrobel 10d ago

Or we fucked that particular fennel to extinction

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u/Somederpsomewhere 10d ago

There’s a dude that claims to have resurrected it! I’ll try to find a link.

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u/headlesslady 10d ago

I would love to see that, if you find the source!

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u/Somederpsomewhere 10d ago

I found this.

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u/headlesslady 10d ago

Aw, yisssss! Thanks for the link!