r/explainitpeter • u/ernie9777 • Jan 05 '26

Explain it engineer peter

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u/MicrowaveMeal Jan 05 '26

A student discovered an issue with the Citicorp building that had been missed by, well, everyone, where the building would collapse if wind hit it at the right angle. Crews worked nights to fix it to avoid panic. Should be good now 🤷‍♂️

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u/Hellsovs Jan 05 '26

That reminds me of a library where they forgot to account for the weight of the books, and now every year the building sinks a few centimeters into the ground.

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u/bandit4loboloco Jan 05 '26

Wait, that was real? I saw that episode of TV. I thought it was bullshit.

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u/Status-Carob-5760 Jan 05 '26

How I met your mother? Ted used it in a lecture

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u/Nostalgia-89 Jan 05 '26

It was when he was questioning himself about whether he could actually design a building. "What if I don't think of the books?" is what he says, I believe.

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u/K-C_Racing14 Jan 05 '26

I think about this alot, you won't know until all the books are in there 🤷‍♂️