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I was reading an old trade journal and the number of bricks in the Empire State Building blew my mind
It's over 10 million bricks, which is wild to think about. I found it in a 1950s issue of 'Masonry Monthly' at a yard sale. Anyone else come across a fact about a famous build that just stuck with you?
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burns.patricia7mo ago
Ever notice how many rivets are in the Eiffel Tower?
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calebh906mo ago
But who actually counts them? Seems like a made up stat to me.
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sarahb597mo ago
Found a similar fact about the Brooklyn Bridge. The guide wires for the cables are over 14,000 miles long if you laid them end to end. Read it on a plaque during a tour and it just stuck.
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