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00:00During severe high-altitude windstorms, the Marina Bay Sands Towers experienced controlled
00:06structural sway. How does 3,000 metric tons of shifting water prevent the 50-story towers
00:13from swaying? Common sense says heavy, solid anchors lock the structure down, but rigid
00:19steel actually shatters. Internal baffles force sliding waves to crash against tower
00:25momentum, bleeding kinetic energy into friction. This kinetic trap completely neutralizes fear
00:31scales before.

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