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TIL the Romans made a marine concrete that we don’t know how to replicate today.

It gets stronger in sea water over time instead of corroding like the concrete we make.

https://pubs.geoscienceworld.org/msa/ammin/article/102/7/1435/353606/Phillipsite-and-Al-tobermorite-mineral-cements

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WildBill 1y ago

Entropy comes for all things. Nothing is safe from decay. It will not strengthen indefinitely.

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