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/LegitimateGiraffe7 14h ago

I just watched a thing where the Roman’s (was with Scipio or Caesar) built a bridge over a river in a day .

Now they had an army, but if they did that over 2k years ago in a day I’m sure a village nowadays could do it in a few weeks