Smol Iaab (on me phone rn smh)
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NightmareAlpha8[OP]
12.09.2018 14:25
LinkI'ma go cuz my phone is dying
Hey, Vsauce. Michael here. And when the pyramids of Giza were built, the tallest was 147 meters
tall, making them the tallest things humans had ever built. And they remained that way
for nearly 4,000 years. It wasn't even until the 1300's that we finally got around to making
something taller, a cathedral in England. So, does that mean that the Great Pyramids
of Giza are the "Best tallest structures of all time?"
Well, to find out more, all aboard the BOAT.
So, what is a building? Well, technically, a building is a structure in which at least
50% of its height comes from floor plates where people can live, work, chill out, it
has to be habitable. Any less than that and it's not a building, it's a tower. After the
Lincoln Cathedral finally surpassed the height of the pyramids, a number of churches continued
to be built that kept breaking and setting new records. The next long-term record holder
was the Eiffel Tower. It was the tallest thing, ever in history,
that we had built