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Intro

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2

Why Concrete Needs Reinforcement

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3

What Really Happened at the Arecibo Telescope?

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4

Introduction

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5

How Sewers Work (feat. Fake Poop)

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6

Why Are Beach Holes So Deadly?

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7

What Really Happened at the Oroville Dam Spillway?

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8

The World's Most Recycled Material

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9

Why Cranes Collapse

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10

Why Are Cooling Towers Shaped Like That?

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How Water Towers Work

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12

Why Engineers Can't Control Rivers

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13

What is a Weir?

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14

The Hidden Engineering of Landfills

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15

The Bizarre Paths of Groundwater Around Structures

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What is Air Lock?

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All Dams Are Temporary

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18

How are Underwater Structures Built?

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19

Conclusion

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20

Repairing Underground Power Cables Is Nearly Impossible

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21

Why Railroads Don't Need Expansion Joints

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22

The Most Dangerous Dams

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23

Where Does Grounded Electricity Actually Go?

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24

Why Is Desalination So Difficult?

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25

Why Pipes Move Underground

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26

Was Roman Concrete Better?

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27

How Do Traffic Signals Work?

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Why Does Road Construction Take So Long?

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29

4 Myths About Construction Debunked

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30

Why Tunnels Don't Collapse

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31

What Really Happened During the 2003 Blackout?

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32

How Flood Tunnels Work

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33

You Spend More on Rust Than Gasoline (Probably)

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34

How Different Spillway Gates Work

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35

What Really Happened at the Millennium Tower?

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36

Which Is Easier To Pull? (Railcars vs. Road Cars)

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37

How Are Highways Designed?

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38

Salt

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39

Distillation

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40

Why Retaining Walls Collapse

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41

What Really Happened During the Texas Power Grid Outage?

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42

The Surprising Efficiency of Canal Locks

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43

The Wild Story of the Taum Sauk Dam Failure

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44

How Do Sinkholes Form?

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45

Why Rivers Move

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46

How French Drains Work

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47

Why Bridges Don't Sink

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48

How Wells & Aquifers Actually Work

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49

What Is a Culvert?

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Why Are Rails Shaped Like That?

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