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Pete Buttigieg: “Some of the oldest freestanding structures in the world are…”

Featuring: Pete Buttigieg, Democratic | Former Secretary of Transportation, Former Mayor of South Bend | National

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Published | Video Starts at 1:11:51

Is this, like, very strategic spot. Like, I go on all day about Malta, but it's. I even like to claim that our people invented the building because Some of the oldest freestanding structures in the world are these megalithic temples [in Malta], like, older than Stonehenge. Much more interesting than Stonehenge. And they built those, and they hadn't even invented the wheel yet. Like, they didn't even have algebra. And they're making these incredible structures. (1:11:51–1:11:58)

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Asserts that Malta has some of the oldest freestanding structures, older than Stonehenge.

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