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Why is there a 660-ton golden ball suspended inside this skyscraper?
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00:00Violent, tropical typhoons smash the Taipei 101 skyscraper with shattering hurricane-force winds every single year.
00:08How does a 1,600-foot tower survive brutal gales without snapping completely in half under extreme pressure?
00:17Common Sense says rigid concrete walls stop the sway, but the real secret is a swinging monster wave.
00:23A 660-ton steel sphere swings in the opposite direction, instantly absorbing the kinetic energy and killing the vibration.
00:32This hidden giant keeps the tower safe when violent tropical typhoons smash the Taipei 101 skyscraper.
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