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Floyd R. Turbo

(30,506 posts) Tue May 6, 2025, 09:21 AM May 2025

It doesn't just happen in the movies! [View all]

19 bookshelves with 50,000 book fell over in domino style after the first bookshelf gave way. The library was closed for one day so the mess could be cleaned up. Lorain Public Library in Lorain, Ohio, 1971.😬

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It doesn't just happen in the movies! [View all] Floyd R. Turbo May 2025 OP

Oy! Diamond_Dog May 2025 #1

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The miracle of engineered shelving systems! bucolic_frolic May 2025 #2

😁 Floyd R. Turbo May 2025 #4

That's surprising. I don't believe the orange slime in the Whitehouse had any connection with... NNadir May 2025 #5

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It's like a literary version of those falling dominoes set ups! electric_blue68 May 2025 #7

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They cleaned that mess up in one day? rurallib May 2025 #8

🤗 Floyd R. Turbo May 2025 #10

No kidding! That looks like at least a week's worth of work. tanyev May 2025 #11