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Eric1491625 t1_iugtnfk wrote

Reply to comment by Important-Owl1661 in Over 350 fall into river after a suspension bridge collapses in India by Kaioshinsama7

>I'm not defending the colonial era but I have to say they built good shit back in the day... most of those British Railways are still being patched together, too

Imagine thinking the stuff in the colonial era was safe and good. 19th century construction was so extremely dangerous that even people in Britain were dying by the thousands to crappy safety designs.

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hopumi t1_iugv40v wrote

Meanwhile the Pyramids...

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Ameisen t1_iuir009 wrote

Are giant piles of rock. I mean, it's hard for those to fail.

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