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Aha-Moment: Why Is the Tower of Pisa Crooked?

Summary by baden.fm
Even when people started building the tower in the 12th century, the floor among them practically said: "No, that's too heavy for me!' Because the tower is on super soft ground. So during the construction work, the tower started to turn upside down. And from then on it was like a bad cake recipe: too much weight, too little stability – and the tower kept tilting. So that it doesn't really fall over, engineers have always installed counterweights…
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Even when people started building the tower in the 12th century, the floor among them practically said: "No, that's too heavy for me!' Because the tower is on super soft ground. So during the construction work, the tower started to turn upside down. And from then on it was like a bad cake recipe: too much weight, too little stability – and the tower kept tilting. So that it doesn't really fall over, engineers have always installed counterweights…

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baden.fm broke the news in on Tuesday, February 17, 2026.
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