kpop stan (BTS mostly),
science and space and plant
enthusiast, U.S. college
student hiding in Denmark
brunhiddensmusings:
“dingdongyouarewrong:
“lastvalyrian:
“the-a-j-universe:
“katy-l-wood:
“blondebrainpower:
“In 1930 the Indiana Bell building was rotated 90°. Over 34 days, the 22-million-pound structure was moved 15 inch/hr… all while 600...

brunhiddensmusings:

dingdongyouarewrong:

lastvalyrian:

the-a-j-universe:

katy-l-wood:

blondebrainpower:

In 1930 the Indiana Bell building was rotated 90°. Over 34 days, the 22-million-pound structure was moved 15 inch/hr… all while 600 employees still worked there. There was no interruption to gas, heat, electricity, water, sewage, or the telephone service they provided. No one inside felt it move.

What.

Just…just to prove they could?

you know what. fuck you *rotates your house*

imagine going on vacation for a month and then you come back

it was fascinating that this was pretty rampant not just in the 1930s but as far back as the 1850s, and accomplished just by a lot of guys using screw jacks like the kind you hoist a car up with in tom and jerry cartoons

the basic idea is that you need a sewer system…. but your city already exists, so the logical options are either to start digging under the city and risk collapse or just hoist the buildings up about six feet to build under them

and, well, now that the buildings are lifted up, is there a better place we want to put some of them?

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youd just sit drinking some coffee, watching a hotel go down the street, like any other tuesday

homunculus-argument:

Hey also you know the thing where a dog is determined to lick your face, but you don’t want to get your face licked, so you kinda cup the dog’s head between your hands, but what you failed to consider is that the dog is D E T E R M I N E D to lick your face, so they’ll stretch their whole skin off their skull to make it happen like

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