Way back in high school science class we were supposed to make a dental floss and popsicle stick bridge with white glue. I know they were imagining railroad trusses and gossamer suspension bridges, but we were a bunch of nerds in the late era of balsa wood and fiberglass model airplanes. The winner was supposed to be the best load to weight ratio. But they didn't give us any weight limit. So I used a whole box of sticks and many rolls of floss to make a solid arch that I wrapped lengthwise over and over so the wood was in compression and the floss in tension, and drenched it with glue. It lifted up the shop press. I wasn't the only one to exploit this loophole so they took the three bridges that lifted the press and gave first prize to the lightest one... mine was 2nd. The winner had a leg up on me in design. His was much like the spar of an airplane with popsicle stick shear web, 3x more floss on top than bottom and hoop wraps to keep it all together... also drenched in glue.