Ripley's Believe It or Not by Ripley’s Believe It or Not! for July 14, 2015
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July 15, 2015
Transcript:
You want it when? Chinese construction company Broad Sustainable Building built Mini Sky City, a 57 story skyscraper in Changsha, in only 19 days! Horseshoe pitching champion Ted Allen of Boulder, Colorado, once tossed 98 consecutive ringers! In 2012, 6671 people gathered at Peoples' Plaza in Hyderabad, India, for the world's largest Zumba class!
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Tossle Premium Member over 9 years ago
Yeah and how many workers died during construction?
Templo S.U.D. over 9 years ago
That Chinese skyscraper must’ve took a LOT of man hours and night shifts.
Cloudchaser over 9 years ago
Probably used a lot of prefab stuff too
Charlie Fogwhistle over 9 years ago
I once lived in an 8 story student housing building where the shell of the building had been constructed in 3 months. There were lengthy cracks upwards of 1/2 inch wide in some of the floors near the outer walls. There are some processes where it’s best to take a little more time and not shoot for Ripley’s or the Guinness Book of Records.
TlalocW over 9 years ago
Oh, man, I bet Ted is haunted by the fact that he barely missed getting 100 consecutive ringers…