Ripley's Believe It or Not by Ripley’s Believe It or Not! for September 15, 2014

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    Templo S.U.D.  about 10 years ago

    So why doesn’t the 33 Thomas Street building have any windows?

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    corpcasselbury  about 10 years ago

    One wonders if the crew of the submarine managed to escape when it went down.

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    Space_cat  about 10 years ago

    It is also the most bomb proof skyscraper in NYC.

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    stlmaddog5  about 10 years ago

    Telephone switching in 1974, as with all computer equipment back then, needed to be kept in an environment that was cooled and low in humidity. It generated tremendous amounts of heat. Windows allow moisture in and are terrible for temperature control.

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    goweeder  about 10 years ago

    WHY?

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    pnorman1  about 10 years ago

    I would imagine there are people in the building doing maintenance and repairs on the systems but the building wasn’t designed for their comfort.

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    Brown Leghorn  about 10 years ago

    Why was that not a target of 9/11, they could have knocked our service out for a good while with that many switching and frequency over-ride

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    Petemejia77  about 10 years ago

    That’s a creepy building! They should make a type of horror movie around that thing!

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    paulsub63  about 10 years ago

    The submarine was lost while under tow.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Garrett_(inventor)

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    sdjamieson Premium Member about 10 years ago

    What did you learn today?

    In 1879, they launched a submarine in Lake Baikal. It sank, and they couldn’t find it for over a hundred years because they were looking for it in the Mississippi River. It had actually been at 33 Thomas Street in New York, but no one could see it because windows hadn’t been invented yet.

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