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World's Tallest Building To Open Monday

Posted by timothy on from the things-humans-do dept.

dtmos writes "The Burj Dubai ('Dubai Tower' in Arabic) is scheduled to open to the public on Monday. Its height, claimed to be 824.55m (2,705.2 feet), but believed to be 818m (2,684 feet) — either way, more than half a mile — makes it far taller than Taiwan's Taipei 101, which had been the world's tallest skyscraper at 509m (1,670 feet)."

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  1. Re:The way to go is up by mspohr · · Score: 0, Redundant
    Since you asked...

    They have hundreds of tanker trucks which haul the sewage out of town. Of course, since this is all 'free enterprise', many of the drivers take a short cut and just dump the sewage in town where it flows to the ocean and ends up on the beaches. You have these luxury hotels with 'beachfront' which is actually more of a cesspool. Yes, you do not want to go there.

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  2. Re:dubai faq (misconceptions) by majid_aldo · · Score: 0, Redundant

    because
    - they keep to themselves
    - don't install/support dictators
    - don't support israel

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