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These precise 90 degree angles were carved directly into solid volcanic rock in Peru over 3,000 years ago. The Cumbemayo channel diverts water across a continental divide, but the extreme precision used simply to slow the flow seems strangely over-engineered. We still aren't entirely sure what tools they used...

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