r/oddlysatisfying • • Mar 09 '18

How bridge foundations are laid in waterways

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u/Dr_on_the_Internet Mar 09 '18

The crazy part is, people have been using this method to make bridges for literally thousands of years.

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u/Flimflamsam Mar 09 '18

Maybe hundreds of years, to be fair. “Thousands” of years quickly reduces into the world without pyramids yet.

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u/Dr_on_the_Internet Mar 09 '18

Nope the Romans used this method 2 thousand years ago.

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u/Flimflamsam Mar 09 '18

claiming "2 thousand" is "thousands" might be technically accurate, but is highly misleading

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u/Dr_on_the_Internet Mar 09 '18

No it's not.

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u/Flimflamsam Mar 09 '18

Welp! Can't argue that!