Esoteric trivia and expanding general knowledge. Reposts and common Reddit TILs are to be avoided.
The work that went into stone walls in New England, according to one estimate, would have built the pyramids of Egypt one hundred times over.
The Walls of New England: A Forgotten Wonder of the World
Make a list of our monuments to the dead. Start small with the headstones in the village cemetery and move to statues in the public square and civic buildings with great names affixed above the door. Then add the obelisks and marble mausoleums and Rushmores and pyramids of presidents and kings.
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SAY WHAT. This is blowing my mind.