I have a lot of specifications stuck in my head from previous jobs. A fun one is that precast concrete bridge beams aren’t just concrete and rebar. They typically have a bunch (20-30 or more depending on size) of 13 mm steel cables that are each under about 13,000 kg of tension. The cables are pulled to a specific tension in the concrete form, the concrete is poured around them, then the cables are cut at each end.
There are washing machines without anything more complex than a switch in them. If you really had a “pile of disassembled washing machines” you’d know that.
What are the facts you remember for no specific reason
Does anyone else find themselves recalling random facts for no apparent reason? Like,...
TELL ME YOUR SECRETS (lemmy.world)
Hella unlikely they were used to knit gloves
What prevents you from going to bed early?
YOOOOOOOOOOOO (lemmy.ohaa.xyz)
They are too expensive and gimicky either way (sh.itjust.works)