Dookus
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Thu Mar-31-05 03:16 PM
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Dookus' fun fact for the day: |
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For 43 centuries, the Great Pyramid at Giza was the world's tallest man-made structure.
It was surprassed for the first time in 1889 when the Eiffel Tower was built.
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Book Lover
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Thu Mar-31-05 03:17 PM
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pisses off the space aliens :-)
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Thu Mar-31-05 03:19 PM
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the aliens commisioned the tower...they needed an upgrade :D
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Thu Mar-31-05 03:20 PM
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3. Well dang, that's pretty cool. |
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But how do they know some intelligent species of penguin didn't build something taller, only to have it fall through a crack in the Antarctic ice and leave NO EVIDENCE AT ALL? Hmmm? ANSWER ME!!!!
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Thu Mar-31-05 03:21 PM
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Thu Mar-31-05 03:21 PM
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5. another reason to hate the French |
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Thu Mar-31-05 03:32 PM
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6. That is some weird, wild stuff. |
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Edited on Thu Mar-31-05 03:33 PM by BurtWorm
"You are kee-reckt, sir."
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Thu Mar-31-05 03:35 PM
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And it makes my little engineer's heart just pitter-patter.
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Thu Mar-31-05 04:14 PM
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also designed a bridge in Rhode Island. It still stands but was a harrowing ride until it replacement appeared. The tour over that thing on icey grating was unforgettable. Through the absolute briliiance of the DOT here they replaced it with a bridge that. . .whoops. . .had 8 foot air pockets in their structural supports. It cost more to fill those air pockets than it cost to build the bloody things.
Viva Monseiur Eiffel !!!
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Thu Mar-31-05 04:17 PM
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9. Did you know it's perfectly oriented to true North? |
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