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Re:In 1930, the 22M-pound Indiana Bell building was rotated ... by kube-system on Wednesday April 19, 2023 @11:32AM (#35629461)
For comparison, the Ever Given that got stuck in the Suez a couple years back has a capacity just short of 200,000 tons.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ever_Given

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Re:In 1930, the 22M-pound Indiana Bell building was rotated ... by olyjohn on Wednesday April 19, 2023 @01:23PM (#35630803)
Kinda blows my mind that it floats on water.
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Re:In 1930, the 22M-pound Indiana Bell building was rotated ... by kube-system on Wednesday April 19, 2023 @02:15PM (#35631425)
It's basically thanks to the fact that the water under the ship is ~870 times more dense than the air inside the ship.
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