PEOPLE are only just realising why there are metal stumps on concrete walls – and it’s blowing their minds. Historian Alex Loxton has taken to Twitter to explain the reason and it’…
“They were made from a single material making them cheap to manufacture."This meant they were very easy to clean, particularly in the case of a gas attack.This incredible piece of history has leftusers in awe as they discovered the story behind the seemingly uninteresting artefacts.
The explainer tweet racked up a mega 101k views and Loxton's followers were quick to flood the comment section with their astonishment at the history.Another said: "Didn't know that. Fascinating".
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