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Big Bertha Drum

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Big Bertha - The Big Drum

Big bertha was a drum so large that part of a wall had to be removed just to get her out of the factory. In 19 38, legendary conductor arturo tuscanini even summoned her all the way to new york city for a performance,. But then in 19 39, university of chicago made a momentous decision. They were ending their varsity football programme. And no football meant no big bertha. The drum was relegated to storage underneath chChicago stadium in stagfield. Stagfield was also where italian physicist in rico firmi conducted experiments for the manhattan project - top secret government program to build nuclear bomb. As the legend goes, on de

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