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jcd1974 t1_j64dsel wrote

The Great Pyramid at Giza was the tallest man-made structure for nearly 4,000 years. The Eiffel tower held the record for forty years.

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R6-Baby t1_j66tcfq wrote

The 20th century, man. Same thing happened to cars, it was like a car that did 120 kph was the fastest land vehicle for decades and now a car doing 390 kph holds the record for 10 months.

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Frosty_404 t1_j6707ay wrote

We have cars hitting near 500 km/h now. I struggle to even imagine that kind of speed

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zachzsg t1_j690e9m wrote

The mass production of steel is possibly the most influential invention ever

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