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June 19, 2012 10:19 am PDT
Original Link: http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/PXQopPxvolc/switzerland-is-one-gigantic-bo.html
Switzerland is one gigantic booby-trap
Geoff Manaugh at BLDGBLOG has been exploring the bizarre world of Swiss self-destructing infrastructure, documented in La Place de la Concorde Suisse, John McPhee's "rich, journalistic study of the Swiss Army's role in Swiss society." It turns out that the Swiss Army specifies that bridges, hillsides, and tunnels need to be designed so that they [...]Original Link: http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/PXQopPxvolc/switzerland-is-one-gigantic-bo.html
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