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"After the Pentagon, the Romanian parliament building is the second largest building in the world. Michael Palin visits the Bucharest building with 1,000 rooms in his BBC travel documentary Palin's New Europe." (More info: "Construction began in 1983. At the time of Nicolae Ceausescu's 1989 overthrow and execution, the building structure and design were complete. But many of the furnishings were never installed or finished.")

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L33terPan : LVL 25: VP 3.4: said:

L33terPan

15 votes NegativePositive

116 days 23 hours ago...

Funny how something so beautiful and impressive can represent so much oppression and corruption. The context changes everything unfortunately.

blue_devil : LVL 42: VP 5: said:

blue_devil

7 votes NegativePositive

115 days 22 hours ago...

^hogo
Nicolae Paulescu, a professor of physiology at the University of Medicine and Pharmacy in Bucharest, was the first one to isolate insulin, which he called at that time pancrein, and published in 1921 the work that he had carried out in Bucharest.
International recognition for Paulescu`s merits as the true discoverer of insulin came only years later.
1910: The Coanda-1910, the world`s first thermojet aircraft.
Probably the most famous of Coanda`s discoveries is the Coanda Effect.
This effect has been utilized in many aeronautical inventions and is crucial to successful supersonic flight.
1956: In New York, Coanda was honored as the inventor of the first jet aeroplane.
Nadia Elena Comaneci the first ever gymnast to be awarded a perfect score of 10, in an Olympic gymnastic event.
Nadia Comaneci received the Olympic Order, the highest award given by the International Olympic Committee, in 1984 and 2004. She is the only person to receive this honor twice, and was also the youngest recipient. She has also been inducted into the International Gymnastics Hall of Fame.
...insulin and jets ?
you must feel pretty stupid right now hogo

Vizreel : LVL 42: VP 5: said:

Vizreel

5 votes NegativePositive

103 days 5 hours ago...

@hogo
You really don`t know what a 1st/2nd/3rd world country imples, do you? Or did the education system really do a number on you?

I`ve visited the house of parliament several times and it`s not really as well kept as advertised in this video. It`s way too big and nobody really bothers, it takes 24h to open and close every single door. It also has a helicopter entrance inside the building and underneath it houses a battalion of tanks that don`t really work, or so I`m told. And the former owners were illiterates.

EDIT:
"1956: In New York, Coanda was honored as the inventor of the first jet aeroplane."

note: Common mistake. Tesla was the one that invented the jet airplane but because he applied the primitive knowledge of physics of the time couldn`t make it work. After Tesla`s death, Coanda being a friend of his and an inventor himself, managed to perfect the engine using the new science discoveries done post Tesla.

To mark some other romanian achievements: the guy that invented the canonball was romanian, also Brancusi is considered to be one of the best sculptors if not the best of all time, most of Microsoft`s staff members come from Romania, Palade holds several merits in the development of cell biology. But honestly, it`s a really dull place to live in.

TUdes : LVL 26: VP 3.5: said:

TUdes

5 votes NegativePositive

103 days 4 hours ago...

I was born in Bucharest. Having gone back and seen the Parliament building, I can tell you what it signifies.

Ceausescu was a dictator that served as the president of Communist Romania from 74-89. His vision was to emulate the other great communist leaders of the world and build a Romanian state based on his delusion of grandure, hence the Parliament building. What in a capitalist society would be considered tax payers money was invested heavily in a grand building scheme that did not benefit Romanian`s in any way. This was the general result of most Ceausescu policies. Although it was suppressed, the general attitude among Romanians was of contempt and hatred. To this day the poverty (slowly recovering) and bitterness found in Romania is directly due to those years of communism.

And the parliament building is the clearest reminder of those times. It says a lot that people wanted to bomb such an awe-inspiring building.

ShinyG : LVL 35: VP 4.3: said:

ShinyG

5 votes NegativePositive

103 days 1 hour ago...

With a collapsing healthcare system, a corrupt government which cannot deal with any natural disasters, foreseen or unforeseen, Romania is as much of a third world country as the US.
Any-fucking-way, come visit Romania. We have hot chicks, good food, real beer, not that crap "lite" stuff and awesome landscapes!
P.S.
@TUdes: dude, as a fellow Bucharest dweller, I can only tell you that I find it weird we are both sporting violent, weapon wielding rodents as avatars! :p

Hopium : LVL 36: VP 4.4: said:

Hopium

0 votes NegativePositive

103 days ago...

i want this series

Arcturus519 : LVL 53: VP 5: said:

Arcturus519

3 votes NegativePositive

102 days 22 hours ago...

Romania = crazy rodents?

sum_guy : LVL 42: VP 5: said:

sum_guy

0 votes NegativePositive

102 days 20 hours ago...

Interesting- not nearly the 2nd biggest tho, not even in the top 20.
The Boeing plant in Everett, Washington; airports in Beijing and Dubai; lots of stuff that`s bigger than this.

ExeFBM : LVL 36: VP 4.4: said:

ExeFBM

2 votes NegativePositive

102 days 4 hours ago...

If we`re listing romanian achievements, don`t forget `Numa Numa` What song would he have been dancing to if it wasn`t for that romanian group? We could have been 3 years behind in all of our memes without them!

pillio : LVL 36: VP 4.4: said:

pillio

0 votes NegativePositive

101 days 14 hours ago...

@hogo

romania has the sickest snow resorts and mountains to drop off. Def not a shit hole.

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