Posts Tagged ‘tower’
Legoland UK Builds World’s tallest LEGO tower
Tuesday, May 6, 2008 21:30 No Comments500,000 blocks was all it took to make the worlds tallest LEGO tower in Windsor’s Legoland theme park in the UK. The tower, constructed to celebrate the 50th anniversary of LEGO, reaches 29.30 meters in the air (couldn’t they round it up to 30?). The tower is not freestanding. It is supported by stabilizing [...]
Whould You Throw Your Baby From 50 Feet?
Friday, May 2, 2008 0:10 5 CommentsThe video above is really out of this world. It seems there is a 500 year old ritual in Western India where people throw infants from a 50 feet high tower down to a bed sheet that people hold.
According to them this is for the baby’s good as it is supposed to make them healthy [...]
Worlds tallest elevator
Sunday, January 6, 2008 16:59 No CommentsMitsubishi announced the construction of the worlds tallest elevator test tower. This building has a hight of 173 meters and its located in Inazawa, Japan and it took 10 million Yen to build it.
This tower will be used to test new technologies and speeds for the worlds tallest skyscrapers that will be built in the [...]
See the Live New Year celebrations from all over the world
Monday, December 31, 2007 14:19 No CommentsIf for any reason you are at home staring at the PC, why dont you have a look at the New Year celebrations from all over the world? So below you will find a list of webcams from the celebrations in 17 countries.
Happy New Year
All times are GMT
11:00 New Zealand, one of the first [...]