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How many playing cards does it take to build Beijing’s Bird’s Nest?

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Actually, make that the Bird’s Nest, plus the rest of Beijing’s flashiest Olympic venues.

Yup, in playing cards.

The answer? 140,000.

Check it out:

And it seems the card-stacker in the top video isn’t the only one into teeny tiny models of the Olympic Village.

Here’s the whole thing - right down to the sailing venues - in Lego:

Eva Holland

Eva Holland is co-editor of Matador Pulse and a regular contributor to the Matador Network. She's also a contributing editor at World Hum. Eva recently quit her day job and gave notice on her apartment, and is currently bouncing around Eastern Ontario, Quebec and upstate New York.

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