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TIL Stalin demolished a Moscow cathedral to make way for a “Palace of the Soviets”, which would have been the world’s tallest building, but WWII halted construction after only the foundation had been excavated. Eventually, the foundation pit was converted into the world’s largest outdoor pool.

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