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Victorian Naturalist’s Wild Upbringing
- Frank Buckland grew up surrounded by exotic animals and learned to identify different animals' urine by taste.
- He casually ate zoo animals and staged bizarre experiments like making a tortoise walk over dough to study footprints.
Buildings Moved To Save Them From Demolition
- In 1980s Romania engineers relocated churches, banks and whole apartment blocks to save them from Ceaușescu's demolition.
- Teams moved buildings on rails and rollers, sometimes with residents inside, shifting structures hundreds of metres.
How NASA Moves Massive Launch Towers
- NASA uses massive crawler transporters to move launch towers, requiring specialized drivers and extreme fuel use.
- The transporters move extremely slowly and demand dedicated engineering expertise to operate safely.