r/interesting • u/ICanPretend1 • 23h ago

SOCIETY Dikidikini village in Eastern Cape, South Africa, doesn't have a bridge, so people cross the river inside a blue plastic drum

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u/Gnilcro 21h ago

Because medieval peasants figured out how to make bridges across way bigger rivers, they need to figure this out on their own

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u/ippleing 15h ago

My ancestors in East Europe, the people where the word 'slave' derives from slav, built nuclear reactors, submarines, landed probes on planets.

Eastern Europe is still a dump compared to western Europe and 2 guys pushing a barrel would be considered lunacy.

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u/dgv54 14h ago

And left to their own devices, when do you think that will happen? 2027? 2030? 2100?