Architecture
Structural engineering, design, and landmarks
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Architecture
Minarets are angled to help prayer calls glide over hills
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Architecture
Ancient Dutch tiles act as natural air conditioners
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Architecture
Sunlight adds twelve percent more productivity to construction workers
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Architecture
Cotton tents use evaporating water to drop temperatures five degrees
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Architecture
Furniture carved like human bone can support three-meter spans
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Architecture
Racing tires can grip with the force of a piano
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Architecture
Gravity shunts roll train cars downhill to save electricity
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Architecture
Ancient Roman lead pipes defied gravity without using pumps
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Architecture
Ancient Japanese temples use wooden joints that defy physics
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Architecture
Cable cars use a massive safety factor of eight to one
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Architecture
Robots use invisible light to sanitize Japan's busiest airport
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Architecture
Japan runs on two different electrical frequencies that cannot mix
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Architecture
Ancient Korean floors can hold heat for eighteen hours
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Architecture
Extended families are moving back under one roof
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Architecture
A brick dome in Virginia stands without internal support
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