NASA is building a bi-directional “Flying Wing” aircraft. It can fly forwards or sideways at full speed.
NASA’s Vehicle Assembly Building is so huge it needs about 10,000 tons of Air Conditioning equipment to prevent rain clouds from forming inside on humid days.
A flea can jump up to 200 times its own height. That is the equivalent of a human jumping the Empire State Building.
If all the salt in the sea were spread evenly over the land, it would be 500 feet thick, about the height of a 40-story building.
Qatar’s 2022 World Cup will take more lives than 9/11 due to horrible working conditions for migrant workers building stadiums and infrastructure.
Dubai holds over 60 Guinness World Records, including the world’s tallest building and even the world’s longest bar.
There’s a building project in Berlin, Germany, where they want to build a Christian church, a mosque and a synagogue all in one.
The cost of building the Statue of Liberty and pedestal amounted to over US$500,000, over US$10m in today’s money.
The richest man in India, Mukesh Ambani, built a home valued at US$1 billion. It’s a 27-story building with 3 helipads, a 6-floor car park, a staff of 600, a 4-storey hanging garden and a cinema.
A 14th-century medieval tower rises out of Lake Reschensee, in Italy. It’s the only visible building of a submerged village.
When building the Golden Gate Bridge, the lead structural engineer insisted on the installation of a safety net at an exorbitant cost of US$130,000. It saved 19 workers.
The CIA had a secret office on the 25th floor of 7 World Trade Center, another nearby building that collapsed after the 9/11 attacks.