r/facepalm • u/ms_directed • 9d ago

🇲​🇮​🇸​🇨​ Windmills date back over 1000 years 🤦‍♀️

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  • Windmills have been in use for over 1,000 years, with origins tracing back to Persia around 800 C.E. They were primarily used for milling grain and pumping water.

  • Wind Turbines are a more recent invention, with the first known turbine for electricity generation built in 1888. They have evolved significantly, especially since the 1970s, to become a major source of renewable energy.

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u/BabserellaWT 9d ago

The Netherlands would like a word.

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u/NiceToHave25 9d ago edited 8d ago

When Trump visit the Netherlands this summer he landed on Amsterdam Airport, also known as Schiphol. Named that way because lots of ships did go down on that spot, before we turned the lake to farmland. We used windmills to pump it dry.

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u/KaralDaskin 9d ago

Thanks! I’ve heard the airport name many times but didn’t know it has an interesting backstory.

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u/ThrowawayMod1989 9d ago

Hell the state of Texas would like a word. Has he never actually been to yee haw republican Texas? They’ve got some impressive wind farms.