• Diabolo96@lemmy.fmhy.ml
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    1 year ago

    Didn’t know that but yeah the sand we’re currently using for building our house is a not as smooth to the touch.

    • Lanusensei87@lemmy.worldOP
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      1 year ago

      Right, the video in the meme actually talks about construction sand, which can only be found close to rivers and sea (or mined), desert sand won’t bind to the cement for being too smooth.

      Here’s the video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i2_PADr0jAA (title and thumbnail has been changed since I made this, but you can see the original title in the description)