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Tuesday, November 23, 2010

BURJ DUBAI

Kayd here. I'm going to talk to you about the world's tallest building, the Burj Dubai. They started building it on Sept. 21 , 2004 and ended on Jan. 4, 2010. It cost $1.5 billion dollars!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Then they changed the name to the Burj Khalifa to honor the UAE president for his crucial support. Out of 900 apartments 825 were still empty. Here are some record breaking things that it broke.
  • Tallest structure ever built:2,717 feet
  • Tallest extant structure:2,717 feet
  • Tallest freestanding structure:2,717 feet
  • Building with most floors:160
  • Building with highest occupied floor:160th
  • World's highest elevater
  • World's fastest elevator:40mph
  • Highest vertical concrete pumping:1,988m
  • World's tallest building to have residential space
  • World's highest mosque:158th floor
  • World's highest swimming pool:76th floor
  • World's highest nightclub:144th floor
And there is one more thing the world's highest base jump! I saw a  video it's really tall!

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