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"textContent": "In the November 1903 issue of _The Strand_ , a physician named David Watsu laid out a 150-foot pyramid for Hyde Park, faced in granite or terra-cotta, with catacombs for royalty, an observatory at the apex, and an octagonal central chamber built around a reproduction Druidical arch. — Read the rest \n\nThe post Someone already pitched Bezos' 10,000-year clock — in 1903 appeared first on Boing Boing.",
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