Rant: I just read that a single brick can hold over 250 tons of pressure

Found it in a really old building code book from the 70s at a garage sale... it was talking about compressive strength. I always knew brick was strong, but that number blew my mind. Makes you think about how much we're actually building with every single course. Has anyone else come across a stat that made you look at the materials differently?

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barnes.shane15d ago

Remember how they used to make those old school brick phones?

quinn_nguyen15d ago

Yeah, and that's just one brick (a whole wall is wild).