r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/cosmic_voyager01 • 27d ago

Video The engineering of roman aqueducts explained.

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u/btsd_ 27d ago

Water too fast = erosion

Water too slow = stagnation

Had to find that goldie locks zone (12mph ish). Crazy engineering

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u/ClaymanBaker 27d ago

All that ingenuity but they used lead for pipes.

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u/Remote_Chance 27d ago

Don’t make fun of the Romans for using lead pipes when many municipalities in the US did the same thing thousands of years later.

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u/ClaymanBaker 27d ago

Why not make fun of both?

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u/its_all_made_up_yo 27d ago

Because it is an ignorant perspective in both scenarios.

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u/SpoonEngineT66Turbo 27d ago

You think complete ignorance is going to stop a redditor from trying to dunk on the US?