"I’ve never fell off a big chimney. You only fall off one of them once."
#OnThisDay 1979: Extraordinary steeplejack Fred Dibnah was introduced to the nation.
It’s been a mystery why Roman concrete often lasted thousands of years, but ours decays in mere decades.
Turns out they incorporated chemicals in a process that induces self-healing; scientists at MIT just figured this all out - in 2022.
Extraordinary.
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The oldest door is still in use in Rome. Cast in bronze for emperor Hadrian' rebuilding, they date from about 115 AD.
Each door is solid bronze seven and a half feet wide & twenty-five feet high, yet so well balanced they can be pushed or pulled open easily by one person.
@nicksdjohnson @mattwood_dev I'm afraid not. If you can't get a carpenter try, an electrician. They could install an off-the-shelf 'in-wall' cable management system.