World’s Highest Website

Sounds weird isn’t it? But you can drop by this website, the World’s Highest Website to check out!

It’s 18.939 kilometers high (that’s about 11.769 miles)!

How long will it takes to scroll down to the bottom? – I’ve no answer!

Anyway, Firefox users can reach the bottom by taking the elevator (light speed hypertext transportation) provided. For iE users, sorry no elevator for you guys but you can take the stairs though – by pressing CTRL + END.

Click here: http://worlds-highest-website.com

Top 10 tallest buildings in Dubai

1. Emirates Office Tower
2. Burj al Arab
3. Emirates Hotel Tower
4. 21st Century Towe
5. Chelsea Tower
6. The Tower
7. Shangri-La Hotel
8. Capricorn Tower
9. Murjan Tower
10. Mesk Tower

Top 10 Highest Skyscrapers Photos In The World

1. Taipei 101 Tower (Taiwan), Built: 2004, Feet High: 1,671


2-3. Petronas Tower I & Petronas Tower II (Malaysia), Built: 1998, Feet High: 1,482


4. Sears Tower (Chicago), Built: 1974, Feet High: 1450


5. Two International Financial Center (China), Built: 2003, Feet High: 1362


6. Jin Mao Tower (China), Built: 1998, Feet High: 1350


7. CITI Plaza Guangzhou (China), Built: 1996, Feet High: 1283


8. Shun Hing Square (China), Built: 1996, Feet High: 1260


9. Empire State Building (New York), Built: 1931, Feet High: 1250


10.Central Plaza (Hong Kong), Built: 1992, Feet High: 1227

The old world’s tallest buildings, 1884

(click on pic for mightier version or go here for mightiest version)

published in 1884, the diagram above shows the 77 tallest buildings of the old world (europe, asia and africa) at that time. strangely, the 78th and tallest structure shown is from the new world: the washington monument. it stood/stands at 555ft and was completed the year the diagram was made. the tallest of the old world was number 34, cologne cathedral, at 510ft.

the buildings were colour coded depending on the construction materials used…

red tint=brick; stone colour=stone; pink=granite; purple=bronze, copper or lead; yellow=gold

just as a comparison, here are the current tallest buildings on earth…

8 highest statues in the world

It is hardly to believe that some of those statues are created by humans.

1. Ushiku Amida Buddha. Japan. Height 120m. Created in 1995.


2. Huangdi и Yandi. China. Height 103m.


3. Homeland-mother, Ukraine. Height 102m.


4. Peter I. Russia. Height 96m.


5. Statue of liberty. USA. Height 93m.


6. Homeland-mother. Russia. Height 82m. Created in 1967.


7. Buddha. China. Height 71m. Created from 713 till 803.


8. Christ the Redeemer (Cristo Redentor). Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Height 38. Created in 1931.