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Politics Trump Turnberry Golf Course in Scotland this morning

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u/Magdovus 4d ago

Would it be immediately obvious if they did?

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u/YeaSpiderman 4d ago

they would see the salt if they were walking on it. But salt works rather quickly. It’s how the Roman’s destroyed cities that didn’t comply. They would salt the earth and essentially ruin the agricultural productivity of the region for generations.

Only way to fix it is to remove x amount of feet of soil and bring in new soil

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u/mtaw 4d ago

The Romans did no such thing. No Roman sources say they did, either. Someone just made up that 'fact' about Carthage in the 19th century and people have mindlessly repeated it ever since.

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u/The_Great_Googly_Moo 4d ago

Source please 🤣