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TIL that in 1930, the 22 million pound Indiana Bell building was shifted 52 feet (16 m) south, rotated 90 degrees, and then shifted again 100 feet (30 m) west. The services they provided for telephone, water, sewage, gas, and electricity were all unaffected. The 600 employees inside felt nothing.

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