20 THINGS YOU NEVER KNEW ABOUT LIFTS

LOVE ‘EM or hate ‘em, you just can’t avoid ‘em. And if you’ve ever been higher than 10 storeys in a building, chances are you’ve been in one. Unless you used the stairs. They’re LIFTS, and they’ve been taking us up and down buildings for decades. We take lifts for granted, jumping in, pushing a button, watching as the doors close, then open again, then pushing the button again rapidly in frustration before the doors finally close and we are whisked off on a vertical journey. And you probably think you know all there is to know about these miraculous ascending and descending boxes. Well, think again. here are…

AGE LIFT SPECIAL … 2-PAGE LIFT SPECIAL … 2-PAGE LIFT SPECIAL … 2-PAGE LIFT SPECIAL … 2-PAGE LIFT SPECIAL … 2-PAGE LIFT SPECIAL … 2-PAGE LIFT SPECIAL … 2-PAGE LIFT SPECIAL … 2-PAGE 1 If you look it up in the dictionary, the word ‘lift’ means to raise somethingup to a higher level. However, a lift can also lower things down, for example when moving people or goods from a higher floor to one below. So the dictionary is actually wrong on this count. 2 Whilst most people wear their shoes in lifts, some people wear lifts in their shoes! Short-arsed celebs such as SYLVESTER STALLONE, TOM CRUISE and VLADIMIR PUTIN are all rumoured to secrete hidden wedges – known as ‘lifts’ – in the heels of their footwear to…

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