stackyFACTSDuring the construction of the Golden Gate Bridge, the chief engineer insisted on hanging an enormous safety net under the structure. Nineteen men fell into it and survived, famously forming the exclusive 'Half-Way-to-Hell Club' instead of plunging into the freezing bay.
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