Today, I got to see one of the Wonders of the World, the big collection of rocks known as Stonehenge.
[Two seconds later, it got up and ran away.]Did you know that these rocks weigh over 5 tons each? And that they're originally from the seashore over 15 km away? And that over half of each stone is actually underground? And that together, they form an advanced solar calendar? Neither did I until today.
[Did you also know the Druids were a bunch of dirty old men?]As an engineering student, I was struck by the technical difficulties of constructing something so complex with only stone-age tools like ropes and pulleys. Can you imagine lifting a five ton rock with nothing but rope made from plants and scaffolding made from wood? Ridiculous. Then again, theory has it that aliens made it. Weirdly enough, that sounds more logical when you're standing in front of a giant stone calendar in the middle of an empty field.
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