stackyFACTSSquare blocks are apparently for uninspired amateurs. Andean masons carved stones with up to twelve distinct, bizarrely angled corners that locked together like a colossal, heavy jigsaw puzzle. The result was an impossibly secure wall that completely baffled future engineers.
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