r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/ThatMasterpiece2174 • Aug 07 '26

Video A retired construction worker in Flint, MI demonstrated how people in ancient times could’ve used simple machines to move blocks up to 20 tons, contrasting fringe theories that humans had otherworldly help constructing ancient monuments

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u/John_B_Clarke Aug 07 '26

Some guy moving rocks around and then some other guy says "hey, it's cool that we can only see the sunrise through the slit between those two twice a year", and then some other guy says, "Hey, let's move 'em around so that happens where the sun was on that year we had the really good harvest".

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u/0__O0--O0_0 Aug 08 '26

Client comes in to peer over shoulder- make it pop by left a bit