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The 1954 horror/science fiction film
Them!
featured terrifying giant ants. Could such creatures really exist? Of would the square-cube law defeat them? Read on …
http://www.andrewcaelliott.com/explorations/2016/11/13/beware-the-giant-ants-or-not-
The Empire State Building brings to mind that iconic image of King Kong atop the skyscraper, swatting away biplanes as he clutches Fay Wray in his massive hand. But how massive? How big would the 1933 movie version of Kong have been, and how much would he have weighed … ?
http://www.andrewcaelliott.com/explorations/2016/10/27/how-much-did-king-kong-weigh
