IS THE UNITED ARAB EMIRATES WAY OVER THE TOP?
Added on: 14th Oct 2016
IN ORDER TO KEEP UP WITH THE KINDS OF CARS
THAT PEOPLE DRIVE IN UAE, THE POLICE FORCE
USES LAMBORGHINIS, BENTLEYS, AND FERRARIS
THE WORLD'S LARGEST INDOOR THEME PARK IS IN
ABU DHABI. IT IS OWNED BY FERRARI AND IS HOME
TO THE ROSSO, THE WORLD'S FASTEST
ROLLER COASTER
IN 1956 FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT WANTED TO BUILD A
MILE HIGH SKYSCRAPER IN CHICAGO. THE IDEA
WAS SCRAPPED BUT THE BURJ KHALIFA IN DUBAI
(THE TALLEST BUILDING IN THE WORLD) WAS
BUILT BASED ON FRANK'S DESIGN.
IT IS HALF A MILE HIGH.
BECAUSE OF A GROWTH BOOM IN 2009, MUCH OF
DUBAI WAS NOT CONNECTED TO THE CITY'S
SEWER. EXCREMENT AND WASTE HAD TO BE
HAULED AWAY IN TRUCKS
THERE ARE NO RIVERS IN THE ENTIRE COUNTRY!
THE PALM ISLANDS IN DUBAI ARE SOME OF THE
WORLD'S LARGEST MAN-MADE ISLANDS
ACCORDING TO THE GUINNESS BOOK OF WORLD
RECORDS, THE DUBAI MALL IS THE LARGEST MALL
IN THE WORLD IN TERMS OF TOTAL AREA
THERE IS EVEN AN INDOOR SKI RESORT IN DUBAI
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