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8 Amazing Facts about Burj Khalifa

Image By Donaldytong - commons:File:Burj Khalifa.jpg , originally from the author as noted below. Deleted from Commons by admin King of Hearts 5 November 2012., CC BY-SA 3.0 , Link Today, We are going to talk about the current tallest structure in this world, the Burj Khalifa . Burj Khalifa is the tallest structure that has ever built by humans. Its height is 829.8 m . Without the antenna 828 m . 8 Amazing Facts 1. Location and Name It is located almost at the center of Dubai in the  United Arab Emirates . The name of the skyscraper was 'Burj Dubai' in the initial stage. But then it was changed to the name 'Burj Khalifa' in honor of the ruler of Abu Dhabi  and president of the  United Arab Emirates ,  Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan . By Nepenthes - Own work , CC BY-SA 2.5 , Link 2. World Records Here are some World Records that it holds: 3. Cost and Duration of Construction It cost 1.5 billion USD to complete the co...

10 True Facts You Probably Didn't Know About Albert Einstein

Albert Einstein Almost everyone living in this world knows about Albert Einstein . He was a renowned physicist. The general public mostly knows him for the most famous equation of this world. Which is: E=mc 2 . Today, we will learn 10 true facts about him that you guys probably didn't know. 1. Parents were worried when he was in his childhood Parents were quite worried about baby Albert after he was born. As his head was quite fatter than other baby heads. he even started to speak late. He was able to speak until he was 3 years old. Even though being different than other babies he surprised the world with his intelligence in his future years. 2. Citizenships He was born in Germany. That made him German citizen by birth. But at the of 17, he renounced his German citizenship and moved to Switzerland. The main reason behind this activity was his pacifism. ' Pacifism ' means opposition to war, militarism and violence. By renouncing his German citizenship he coul...