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Saudi Arabia Discovers It's Hard to Build a 105-Mile Skyscraper (futurism.com)

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[–] [email protected] 14 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (2 children)

Wait, so this boondoggle is a boondoggle? surprised-pika-messed-up

This headline reminds me of how confused I was by Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas: how can the ocean be deeper than the diameter of the Earth?

[–] bulwark 9 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

The Nautilus traveled for 20,000 leagues under the surface of the ocean at various fathoms of depth. This is all expertly explained by the great Kelsey Grammer here.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 months ago

so like... were you still confused after you read it? or did you literally judge the book by its cover...