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GPS Would Fail Without Einstein's Relativity

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Roman concrete heals its own cracks — and we only just learned how

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The Panama Canal lifts ships 26 meters uphill to cross a continent

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The Burj Khalifa Is Shaped to Confuse the Wind

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The Channel Tunnel Has the World's Longest Undersea Stretch

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The Falkirk Wheel Lifts Boats Using No Net Weight

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The Largest Machine Ever Built Is Colder Than Space

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21 Jan 1954

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The first nuclear-powered submarine, USS Nautilus, is launched

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5 Feb 1924

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The BBC broadcasts the Greenwich "pips" for the first time

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10 Feb 1906

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HMS Dreadnought makes every battleship obsolete

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1 May 1931

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The Empire State Building opens in New York City

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16 Jun 1884

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America's first roller coaster opened at Coney Island

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19 Jul 1843

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Brunel's SS Great Britain, the first great iron screw steamer, was launched

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3 Aug 1958

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USS Nautilus crossed the North Pole beneath the ice

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24 Sep 1960

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USS Enterprise, the first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, was launched

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5 Jan 1933

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Construction of the Golden Gate Bridge begins

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