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Why Are These People Rappelling The Washington Monument?

3:40AM September 30, 2011 | Casey Chan

Yesterday, daring structural engineers went up the Washington Monument and rappelled down the monolith to inspect each individual stone for any damage that happened during the earthquake. It looks ball-shrinkingly fun. More »

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Watch Washington Monument Shaking Like Beyonce’s Behind

11:30PM September 27, 2011 | Jesus Diaz

The National Park Service has released a video that shows how the top of the Washington Monument looked from the inside during the August 23 earthquake. Obviously, there was a lot of shaking and people running around. More »

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The Earthquake Cracked The Washington Monument

11:16PM August 24, 2011 | Sam Biddle

America’s most prized and famous phallic architectural achievement was indeed damaged by yesterday’s quake. It’s not leaning, but a helicopter inspection revealed something else: broken stones. The obelisk is now shut down indefinitely, Politico reports. More »

Colossus of Rhodes to be Rebuilt as Colossal Light Sculpture

11:30PM November 18, 2008 | Kit Eaton

The Colussus of Rhodes, one of the original Seven Wonders of the World, is going to be rebuilt as an innovative light sculpture—the “world’s largest light installation” according to its architect. And it’ll be even bigger than the 120-foot original, which was destroyed in an earthquake in 226BC.

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