stackyFACTSTo construct the Itaipu Dam, engineers literally had to change the course of the seventh-largest river globally. They carved an entirely new channel through solid rock just to move the water out of their way.
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Instead of letting a city develop over centuries, Brasília was slapped together in a frenzied 41-month sprint. They carved an entire functional capital out of…
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