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The old Stockholm telephone tower connected over 5000 telephone lines in the Swedish Capital

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The old Stockholm telephone tower connected over 5000 telephone lines in the Swedish Capital
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The old Stockholm telephone tower (called Telefontornet in Swedish) was a metallic structure built to physically connect about 5 000 telephone lines in the Swedish capital. Constructed in 1887, the tower was destroyed by a fire in 1953.[1 @Curionic

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The "Tower of the Winds" (in Athens) is considered to be the first ever meteorological station. It features eight sundials, a water clock and a wind vane

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The "Tower of the Winds" (in Athens) is considered to be the first ever meteorological station. It features eight sundials, a water clock and a wind vane
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By 400 BC, Persian engineers had mastered the technique of storing ice in the middle of summer in the desert

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By 400 BC, Persian engineers had mastered the technique of storing ice in the middle of summer in the desert