TIL There have been multiple instances of people stealing entire Bridges

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Today I Learned@kbin.social – 3 points – 9 months ago

Ohio police ask for help finding thieves who stole entire bridge

theguardian.com

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-61066473

Damn, They are stealing them to sell for scrap.

I was so hoping the "I have a bridge to sell you" joke was actually based on a real event,

This post made me curious to search it myself.

Turns out there was a conman who repeated scammed people into thinking they bought the Brooklyn Bridge. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/I\_have\_a\_bridge\_to\_sell\_you