It was part of an aqueduct nearly 50 Kilometers (30 miles) long which supplied Nimes with water. ... The projecting blocks supported the scaffolding during construction," wrote John Julius Norwich. (154) The Romans were so advance in their times that they were able to get the aqueducts at a proper gradient to allow steady flow of water into the desired city. ... Opposite the door is a recessed semicircular apse, and on each side are the three additional recessed, alternately rectangular and semicircular, separated from the space under the dome by paired monolithic columns. ...

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She demonstrated that when you speed up atoms and make some go in the opposite direction of the others and allow them to run into each other, is when antimatter is made. ... He knew that even a gram of antimatter could cause an explosion capable of taking out 9 city blocks. ... She knew that if she didn't find the canister in 24 hours that everyone within a half mile of it would be dead. ...

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