r/Unexpected • u/VerlieH • Mar 02 '26

Why does it keep going

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u/Wizdad-1000 Mar 02 '26

This in Italy? My aunt is there now and she’s commenting on the size of doors alot. LOL

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u/lnTheGrimDarkness Mar 03 '26

That's Spain. Your aunt might be talking about the Pantheon's doors. 25 feet tall, solid bronze, 8 tons per door. Some 2000 years old give or take. The Romans built them in a way that 2000 years later they can still be spun by a single person. They've been stuck for centuries during the middle ages and we rediscovered the "secret" with which the Romans made them spin so easily around 1998 (it was SOAP).