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res30stupid t1_ito6t4a wrote

Reply to comment by [deleted] in TIL One of the only pieces of Hitler's dream reconstruction of Berlin as Germania is an enormous concrete cylinder in the Tiergarten neighborhood. It's called the Schwerbelastungskörper which translates as "heavy load-bearing body." It was to test the load-bearing capability of the ground. by muttmutt2112

I decided to look it up, just out of curiosity, but apparently the Volkshalle would've been so large that there would've been an atmosphere inside the building.

What I mean is, the dome would've been so large that condensation would've resulted in precipitation and extreme humidity.

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[deleted] t1_ito7d0e wrote

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ArcaneGlyph t1_ito84kf wrote

I have done this experiment in the Opera House in Toronto. Rave ceiling rain is soooo gross lol.

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series_hybrid t1_itq072y wrote

A surprising amount of indoor humidity is from breathing out.

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res30stupid t1_ito88tr wrote

Honestly, a large building with an enclosed ecosystem is something I would love to get a chance to see.

I've been working on a CSI fanfic which had this as part of the premise, where the victim turned out to work inside one of these and the CSIs end up butting heads with the corporate heads running the building over the case, but eventually manage to get enough leeway to force the issue of disclosing who the victim was, and find that the building houses an enclosed rainforest in the middle of the Nevada desert designed to test out housing for colonists on other planets.

Then they discover that >!there are dinosaurs within the building, at which point it's made clear just why Dennis Nedry was murdered...!<

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