LPercepts
LPercepts t1_ixx85wb wrote
Reply to TIL about the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) - a US government agency maintaining a reference catalogue of almost any item known; from peanut butter to New Jersey waste water samples. And everything is for sale. by samgarita
NIST seems like the IRL mundane version of the SCP Foundation.
LPercepts OP t1_ixx735u wrote
Reply to comment by Ken-Popcorn in TIL In 1930, to make way for a new building, the Indiana Bell Building, weighing 11,000 tons, was moved 16 meters and rotated 90°. The work took a month to finish and did not disrupt the building's essential services, nor its gas, water, and electricity supply. No one inside felt the building move. by LPercepts
Let's make it 201 times then.
LPercepts OP t1_ixx6ym5 wrote
Reply to comment by mashtato in TIL In 1930, to make way for a new building, the Indiana Bell Building, weighing 11,000 tons, was moved 16 meters and rotated 90°. The work took a month to finish and did not disrupt the building's essential services, nor its gas, water, and electricity supply. No one inside felt the building move. by LPercepts
You're not missing much, considering what passes for acceptable content there
LPercepts OP t1_ixx5dwh wrote
Reply to comment by jacknicholson1974 in TIL In 1930, to make way for a new building, the Indiana Bell Building, weighing 11,000 tons, was moved 16 meters and rotated 90°. The work took a month to finish and did not disrupt the building's essential services, nor its gas, water, and electricity supply. No one inside felt the building move. by LPercepts
Chicago, I believe.
LPercepts OP t1_ixx52no wrote
Reply to comment by strangehitman22 in TIL In 1930, to make way for a new building, the Indiana Bell Building, weighing 11,000 tons, was moved 16 meters and rotated 90°. The work took a month to finish and did not disrupt the building's essential services, nor its gas, water, and electricity supply. No one inside felt the building move. by LPercepts
I would have thought that the sheer fact the building was the focus of an engineering marvel would have made it worth keeping around.
LPercepts t1_ixvqu5e wrote
Reply to comment by TemporaryReality5447 in TIL Singapore’s constitution requires the President to have experience as a minister - or as CEO of a large, profitable company. by ltdanhasnolegs
Didn't she win the position by default because there were no other viable candidates?
TIL In 1930, to make way for a new building, the Indiana Bell Building, weighing 11,000 tons, was moved 16 meters and rotated 90°. The work took a month to finish and did not disrupt the building's essential services, nor its gas, water, and electricity supply. No one inside felt the building move.
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LPercepts OP t1_ixzx332 wrote
Reply to comment by pudding7100 in TIL In 1930, to make way for a new building, the Indiana Bell Building, weighing 11,000 tons, was moved 16 meters and rotated 90°. The work took a month to finish and did not disrupt the building's essential services, nor its gas, water, and electricity supply. No one inside felt the building move. by LPercepts
Because the building is a call exchange center. It provides an essential service to the public that those in charge did not want to be disrupted. That's why they were moving the building, rather than outright demolishing it.