The Eighth Wonder of the World
December 15, 2010 4:51 AM Subscribe
This inbelievable story happened in China... This inbelievable story happened in China, and there are plenty of pictures to proof: the new Eighth Wonder of the World was born, and it outperformed even The Great Wall of China.
13 STORY BUILDING LYING ON THE GROUND.
This post was deleted for the following reason: self link, banned -- mathowie
So did this unbelievable story: Kelly Hu's YouTube video of her taxi driver driving the wrong way on the freeway in Tianjin, China.
posted by bwg at 4:56 AM on December 15, 2010
posted by bwg at 4:56 AM on December 15, 2010
A spammy self-link? Inbelievable!
posted by Curious Artificer at 5:01 AM on December 15, 2010
posted by Curious Artificer at 5:01 AM on December 15, 2010
Missing the inbelievable tag.
posted by coryinabox at 5:02 AM on December 15, 2010
posted by coryinabox at 5:02 AM on December 15, 2010
Also unbelievable:
China building collapse yields life terms.
A Shanghai court sentenced Que Jingde and Zhang Zhiqin, the two largest shareholders of the real estate firm Shanghai Meidu Real Estate on Wednesday, according to China Daily.
When is the last time an American shareholder got a life term for corporate misconduct?
posted by three blind mice at 5:03 AM on December 15, 2010 [3 favorites]
China building collapse yields life terms.
A Shanghai court sentenced Que Jingde and Zhang Zhiqin, the two largest shareholders of the real estate firm Shanghai Meidu Real Estate on Wednesday, according to China Daily.
When is the last time an American shareholder got a life term for corporate misconduct?
posted by three blind mice at 5:03 AM on December 15, 2010 [3 favorites]
Ooh, I've never managed to post in one of these before. Yay!
posted by jonnyploy at 5:03 AM on December 15, 2010
posted by jonnyploy at 5:03 AM on December 15, 2010
Kudos to urban-review.com for putting some effort into the diagrams. They really make the explanation easy to understand. Most of the time you just get a paragraph, if any explanation at all, of the actual science and engineering problems related to something like this.
posted by nowoutside at 5:06 AM on December 15, 2010
posted by nowoutside at 5:06 AM on December 15, 2010
inbelievable is when it's MORE than believable. This building in China is not just believable, it's IN-believable.
posted by three blind mice at 5:06 AM on December 15, 2010 [1 favorite]
posted by three blind mice at 5:06 AM on December 15, 2010 [1 favorite]
Well, I guess that wraps up the best post for December contest.
posted by localhuman at 5:09 AM on December 15, 2010 [2 favorites]
posted by localhuman at 5:09 AM on December 15, 2010 [2 favorites]
13 STORY BUILDING LYING ON THE GROUND.
And they built it in only six days!
posted by gc at 5:13 AM on December 15, 2010
And they built it in only six days!
posted by gc at 5:13 AM on December 15, 2010
Ooh, I've never managed to post in one of these before. Yay!
Me neither! I'm unreasonably excited.
posted by Thomas Tallis is my Homeboy at 5:14 AM on December 15, 2010
Me neither! I'm unreasonably excited.
posted by Thomas Tallis is my Homeboy at 5:14 AM on December 15, 2010
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