Discover the Secrets: Top 7 Fun and Surprising Facts About the Pentagon

1. Largest Office Building

If you think you have too many coworkers, imagine working at the Pentagon where it's so gigantic it might need its own zip code: This colossal building is the largest office building in the world, boasting 6.5 million square feet of floor space, equivalent to 150 acres, and a whopping 23,000 military and civilian employees sharing its corridors.
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2. Segregation-Free Zone

Picture this: a building where every employee's got a hall pass for any restroom, regardless of their skin color, setting an architectural melodrama in black, white, and gray: The Pentagon was initially designed with segregation in mind, but President Roosevelt's Executive Order 8802 in 1941 made it the only non-segregated facility in Virginia at the time, boasting equal access to all facilities for both black and white employees.
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3. Avengers' Zip Code

You might think the Pentagon is just a mailing address for Avengers fan mail, but it's actually a lot more exclusive than that: The Pentagon has its very own zip code, 20301, which streamlines mail delivery to the epicenter of America's defense headquarters.
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4. Elevator Extravaganza

In a world where 'elevate your game' takes on a whole new meaning, the Pentagon boasts a vertical transportation frenzy: housing an impressive 70 elevators and 19 escalators, essential for the smooth handling of 200,000 phone calls and 1,000,000 emails on the daily agenda of its hardworking occupants.
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5. 7-Minute Pentagon Sprint

If you've ever found yourself lost in a maze-like shopping mall and wished you were in the Pentagon instead, you may be on to something: Despite having over 17 miles of hallways, it only takes about 7 minutes to walk to any point within the famous five-sided building, thanks to architects who intentionally designed it for optimum efficiency in travel time.
Source => ppip.tamu.edu

6. Square Peg, Round Hole

Whoever said "you can't fit a square peg in a round hole" must've forgotten to tell the architects of the Pentagon: this five-sided behemoth not only boasts an iconic shape but also claims the title of the largest office building in the world, flaunting a mind-boggling 6.24 million gross square feet!
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7. Alien Candy Corn Drop

If aliens from outer space were to pick a government building to drop their annual goody bags of candy corn, they'd have a grand time at the world's largest five-sided sweet bowl: The Pentagon sports a central five-acre pentagonal plaza, making it a whopping 28.7 acres in size, with 7 floors, 5 ring corridors per floor, 17.5 miles of corridors, more than 6.5 million square feet of floor space, and is home to over 23,000 military and civilian employees.
Source => en.wikipedia.org