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Re:Thousand year-old windmills in Iran (2017) by andrew_c_v on Wednesday November 27, 2019 @09:03AM (#21647878)
What are the windmills used for? Is it for milling grains?
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Re:Thousand year-old windmills in Iran (2017) by ranDOMscripts on Wednesday November 27, 2019 @10:20PM (#21654355)
I suspect many bread makers would immediately recognize the name of the province where the windmills are located.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khorasan_wheat

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Re:Thousand year-old windmills in Iran (2017) by nick_g on Wednesday November 27, 2019 @12:20PM (#21649813)
Yes, wheat into flour for naan. In this video[0] linked by twic you can see them in operation

0: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uv3Pn2DFkDw

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