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A rich guy in Abu Dhabi has been dabbling in geoglyphs.
Billionaire oil sheikh Hamad bin Hamdan Al Nahyan employed A LOT of people to dig the shape of his first name out of the sand on Al Futaisi Island, which he owns. There are two long miles between ‘H’ and ‘D,’ and the letters are a half a mile from bottom to top.
You’ll also notice that the Caps Lock was on.
Abu Dhabi’s Leaning Tower of Not Pisa
by Amanda Arnold | June 10, 2010
The Leaning Tower of Pisa leans by accident. The leaning tower of Abu Dhabi most certainly does not.
Abu Dhabi’s Capital Gate tower, which is set to be completed by fall 2010, was just given the honor of “world’s most inclined building” by the Guinness Book of World Records, beating out Pisa’s tower by a mile. Or more precisely — by about 14.1 degrees.
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