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2500 People Live In An Abandoned Skyscraper In Caracas

The Centro Financiero Confinanzas (a.k.a. “the David Tower”, named after its investor David Brillembourg) stands half-complete in downtown Caracas and is Venezuela’s third largest skyscraper.


February 26, 2011
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Mr Fox Found Living Fantastically On 72nd Floor Of Europe’s Tallest Building

While it’s still being built, London’s Shard building has already stolen the prize for being Britain’s tallest building. And what better place for a fox with illusions of grandeur, than the 80th floor?


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.


November 8, 2010
Entertainment

This Is Tom Cruise Jumping Off The Tallest Skyscraper In The World

They are filming Mission Impossible 4 in Dubai right now. Our friend and local Dubai photographer Gerard Donovan took this photo of none other than Tom Cruise jumping off the Burj Khalifa, formerly known as the Burj Dubai:


November 6, 2010
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12 Gravity-Defying Videos Of The Real-Life Spider-Man

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Afraid of heights? These may not be the videos for you. Alain Robert, the real-life Spider-Man, scales towering monuments across the globe – sans ropes, or security of any kind, for that matter. Don’t slip, dude!


October 25, 2010

How Am I Supposed To Land My Helicopter On This Bank Roof, Eh?

When a “V” this large is beamed into the sky, questions must be asked. I don’t think the Vietnamese bank VietinBank is on a vendetta, however – unless the “situation” between the north and south is worse than I thought.


October 13, 2010

The Skyscraper That Grows Underground

Say hello to architect Matthew Fromboluti. If he lived in a comic book, he would be designing lairs for super villains. In the real world, he just wants to build this formidable subterranean skyscraper in the desert outside Bisbee, Arizona.


October 9, 2010
Entertainment

Watch This Man On Fire Leap Out Of A Skyscraper

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It’s a special kind of person who willingly gets set on fire and throws himself out of a (closed) skyscraper window. And as you can see, the thrill of watching it is greater than anything you’d get from CGI.