Great Buildings
| A hell of a tomb!:
The Taj Mahal in Agra, India, was originally planned to be a tomb for Shah Jehan's wife. It took 11 years to be built.
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| Is Eiffel Tower unique?:
No. There are 26 replicas around the globe. But none of them is higher than the original.
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| The pyramids were white:
The pyramids used to be white as snow, since they were covered with limestone which was worn over the years.
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| The Eiffel tower's height:
Due to the thermal expansion, the Eiffel Tower is 15 centimeters (6 inches) taller in the summer.
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| Earth rotation:
Due to the rotation of Earth, if you drop a marble ball from the top of the Eiffel tower, it will land on 11.8 cm (4.6 inches) away from the point it's supposed to land.
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| The tallest building:
Currently, the tallest building ever built is Burj Dubai, a supertall skyscraper.
It is not yet completed and the record is not official, but its current height is 818 m (2,684 ft), and it currently has 160 floors.
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| Great Wall of China:
The Great Wall of China was started 221 BC and was finished in 1644 (approximately 18 centuries). It's total length is about 6,400 km (4,000 miles).
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| House of beer cans:
The American architect Mike Reynolds builds houses entirely from beer cans. For a house with two bedrooms, kitchen and a hall, you need about 40 thousands beer cans.
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| Cathedral of beer creates.:
33 thousand creates of the Belgian beer Jupiler have been used to build a tremendous (con)temporary cathedral.
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