Some facts u probabaly didnt know about the UAE: When the Founding Father of Dubai, Sheikh Rashid, was asked about the future of Dubai, he said: “My grandfather rode a camel, my father rode a camel, I drive a Mercedes, my son drives a Land Rover, his son will drive a Land Rover, but his son will ride a camel” There are ATMs in Dubai that dispense gold bars Dubai has no sewer system, instead they use poop trucks to haul the entire cities’ excrement away. – – In 1956, Frank Lloyd Wright wanted to build a mile-high building (528 stories) in Chicago. The World’s current tallest building, the Burj Khalifa is only 1/2 a mile high and was inspired by Wright’s design. – The United Arab Emirates donated a laptop to every high school student in Joplin, Missouri, after the city had been devastated by a tornado. – The iconic Chrysler Building in Manhattan is owned almost entirely by the Emirate of Abu Dhabi. – There is a golf course in Dubai that requires 4,000,000 gallons of water a day. – A city is currently being built in Dubai that will rely entirely on solar energy and other renewable energy sources, with a sustainable, zero-carbon, zero-waste ecology. – One of Dubai’s more famous creations, The World Islands, are sinking back into the ocean. –
Posted on: Wed, 12 Mar 2014 17:45:17 +0000
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