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World’s Tallest Building Shows Off World’s Awesomest Fireworks Display

As if being the tallest building in the world isn’t already impressive enough, the Burj Khalifa in Dubai put on one of the most amazing fireworks displays I’ve ever seen to ring in the new year.


November 9, 2011
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Burj Khalifa’s Plumbing: Fewer Pipes, More Trucks

When I saw the Burj Khalifa in real life I was truly stunned. Indeed, the tallest skyscraper in the world defies belief. Today I learned something that also defies belief: all the poop produced there has to be removed by trucks.


May 26, 2011
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World’s Tallest Building Now Available In Lego Form

You could say the Burj Khalifa was already built from Lego last month in Brazil, but there’s no way all 31.19m could fit in my house. Lego’s Architecture series could, as long as Tom Cruise promised not to climb it.


April 10, 2011
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Saudi Arabia To Be Permanent Member Of Mile-High Club

Saudi Arabia has just given the OK to start construction on the Kingdom Tower, the world’s first mile-high skyscraper. The tower will be built in the coastal city of Jeddah and is set to cost a whopping cost $US30 billion.


March 29, 2011
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French Spider-Man Climbs World’s Tallest Building

Alain “Spider-man” Robert, the French guy who is famous for, uh, climbing up tall buildings, scaled his own version of Everest: The Burj Khalifa in Dubai, the world’s tallest building.


December 29, 2010
Entertainment

The Best Exclusives Of The Year

These are the stories you couldn’t find anywhere else. From Apple’s security slips to Facebook’s prolific profile breach, check out Gizmodo’s best Exclusives from 2010.


November 25, 2010

World’s Tallest Building From World’s Highest Resolution Satellite

The Burj Khalifa – which Tom Cruise likes so much – is complete, a needle of glass surrounded by turquoise water in the middle of the desert. Here’s how the complex looks, photographed by GeoEye 1, the highest resolution imaging commercial satellite.


November 19, 2010
Entertainment

Tom Cruise Was The Tallest Man In The World Tonight

We got photographs and video of Tom Cruise jumping off the mid-section of the tallest skyscraper in the world. But this is him on the very top of the Burj Khalifa, filmed by a helicopter, taken around 1am New York time.


November 11, 2010
Entertainment

Watch Tom Cruise Jump Off The World’s Tallest Skyscraper

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What’s better than a photo of Tom Cruise jumping off the Burj Khalifa, in Dubai? A 35-frame stop-motion video, obviously.


November 10, 2010
Entertainment

If You Suffer From Vertigo, Don’t Watch This Video

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When Tom Cruise jumped off the Burj Khalifa he was wearing a harness. This guy, however, isn’t wearing anything as he sits on top of the tallest skyscraper in the world. I feel vertigo just watching. The images make it worse.