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Impossible Zero G Skyscraper
Season 2
Episode 7
What happens when you keep building a skyscraper higher and higher? You may run into some problems with the laws physics. The higher you build, the faster the top of the building moves around the earth, and you end up with strong centrifugal forces. What could possibly go wrong?
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