Facts about buildings

28/04/2023

In this place, strange octopuses were discovered, which do not have arms, the whole body resembles a huge skirt. The structure is due to the fact that in such conditions it is necessary to move and resist high pressure. That is why the octopus has such a peculiar shape. In addition, almost all inhabitants of the trough are covered with very dense skin, which resists such high pressure and does not break.

25/04/2023

Recently, facts have appeared that there are huge amoebas in the waters of the depression. These are single-celled creatures with a diameter of 10 cm, covered with a special film that is very resistant to pressure and does not break. These single-celled animals feed on what has fallen to the bottom of the Mariana Trench.

25/04/2023

The largest of all bridges in the German city of Hamburg . As many as 2,300 of them were built here

25/04/2023

A huge 660-ton pendulum is installed inside the Taiwanese skyscraper Taipei 101 . It is located between the 87th and 91st floors and reduces the level of danger in an earthquake or hurricane by balancing the vibrations of the building.

25/04/2023

*Chuckles in dad*

23/04/2023

In Singapore, there is an outdoor swimming pool on the roof of the two-hundred-meter Marina Bay Sands hotel. The water level in it is several centimeters higher than the edge of the skyscraper itself. Through a special catchment, the runoff water falls back into the pool. From the pool itself, the impression is created that the water overflows over the edge and flows down on all floors.

23/04/2023

The Pentagon got its name due to its pentagonal shape. "Penta" means "five" in Greek

21/04/2023

The Eiffel Tower was not created as a monumental masterpiece, but as a temporary exhibit of the World Exhibition dedicated to the centenary of the French Revolution. Gustav Eiffel calculated that it would last for a maximum of 20 years.

19/04/2023

Many people mistakenly associate the name of the Potemkin Stairs in Odessa with Prince Grigory Potemkin. In fact, they were built on the initiative of another prince - Mykhailo Vorontsov, and did not have a name as such. It appeared after the release of the film "Battleship Potemkin".

19/04/2023

The first skyscraper in the world is considered to be the office of an insurance company in Chicago, built in 1885. The building had 10 floors and was the first building built using a frame.

19/04/2023