@pickofthe_day: Most Americans assume the Pentagon's five sided shape was a deliberate symbol representing the five military branches. The truth is the shape was forced by five existing farm roads at the original building site. When the location moved Roosevelt was offered a normal rectangular design and personally rejected it saying he preferred the unusual shape. Today it covers twenty nine acres and has seventeen and a half miles of corridor. In this video we explore: Real reason Pentagon has five sides farm roads Arlington Pentagon shape history Roosevelt approved 1941 Pentagon designed four days impossible assignment Pentagon largest low rise office building earth facts #Pentagon #HiddenInPlainSight #AmericanHistory

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