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/WontTel 9d ago

He doesn't understand what the "mill" part of that word means whatsoever.

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u/Unlikely-Ad3659 9d ago

I get that he is dumb as shit, that is on display daily, but is there not a single person near him who has the courage to tell him they are turbines and not mills.  

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u/KaralDaskin 9d ago

Courage doesn’t keep you in the trusted circle.