Question about a weird fact I found on a history site

I was reading an old article on a local history site about my town's main street. It said the brick paving was put down in 1923, but they used over 200,000 bricks from a factory that closed in 1919. I always thought the bricks were newer. It made me wonder how they stored them for four years before the project. Has anyone else found a small detail that changed how you see something common?

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riley_king165mo ago

Ever wonder what else we got wrong?

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cameron3185mo ago

Remember when they told us margarine was the healthy choice over butter? My whole childhood was full of that stuff. Turns out the trans fats were probably worse for us than natural butter ever was. Makes you question what they're pushing now as the good option.

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evan_anderson5mo ago

I spent a decade believing a wiring method was safe until a code change proved it was a fire risk. The lesson stuck with me. You have to be willing to check your old work against new information. It's uncomfortable, but assuming you're right is how mistakes get locked in. The goal isn't to be perfect, it's to be less wrong tomorrow.

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