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Podcast: Cool Weird Awesome with Brady Carlson
Episode: The Ferris Wheel Was Designed To Show Up The Eiffel Tower
Description: Today in 1892, an engineering team working on Chicago’s Columbian Exposition approved a design for a giant metal wheel that could give rides to passengers. Here's the story of the Ferris wheel and how it was partly intended to one-up a certain iconic structure from the previous World's Fair. Plus: today in 1962, Nepal adopted its national flag, the only non-rectangular national flag in the world.
Did You Know That the First-Ever Ferris Wheel Was Built in Chicago? (ITechPost)
Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal, Sanghiya Loktāntrik Ganatantra Nepāl (CRW Flags)
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