Found out the Empire State Building used 10 million bricks

I was watching some old documentary with my kid last night and they just dropped that number. I had to pause it and do the math in my head, that's a crazy amount of work. Can't even imagine laying that many, my arms hurt just thinking about it. Anyone know any other big buildings with wild brick counts like that?

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murray.betty7mo ago

Check the Great Wall of China. Not a building, but the brick and stone count is off the charts. Some sections used way more than that. Makes you wonder about the total for the whole thing.

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shah.shane7mo ago

But @murray.betty, isn't it mostly dirt and rubble now? Counting every stone ever used seems impossible.

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hart.tara6mo ago

Yeah, but I bet someone's cousin got paid to count each brick (and is still counting).

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