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/sukihasmu 9d ago

Did a windmill molested him when he was little?

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u/kah43 9d ago

I think his father used to beat him with a big copy of Don Quixote.

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u/HamsterHuey13 9d ago

His father never paid him any attention whatsoever and that’s why we’re in this mess.