I heard about a building lately that may have become my favorite pointless building in the world, though it's really tragic in a way too.
It's the Ryugyong Hotel in North Korea or the Hotel of Doom. This is a 105 story building that was originally supposed to have 3,000 guest rooms and five rotating restaurants at the top . . . in North Korea apparently to serve the thriving tourist business. They stopped construction in 1992 because they ran out of money, and at the time the building was costing 2% of the country's GDP. But construction restarted in 2008 and is supposed to finish in 2012.
Picture of the building in the skyline, that city looks like a poured concrete mold.
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Huh. I heard there was some structural flaw in the building that was preventing it from being completed.
I heard there was some structural flaw in the building that was preventing it from being completed.
It's North Korea, are they going to let a fatal structural flaw get in the way of completing it?
Four fun facts about sloths
1. They don't actually sleep all that much
It is true that sloths are very still for most of the day. But that's more about self-defense than laziness. The sloth mission statement can be summed up as, essentially, "Avoid being eaten by eagles." Seriously, it's a problem.
I love sloths. In fact, I want to go visit the sloth rescue sanctuary. it has a Slothpital! [link]
Well, actually, it'll be a Batgirl sticker, and she doesn't need a Robin.
This totally depends on a: which Batgirl; and b: which Robin.
But Cass doesn't need a Robin, and I think she's the one you're going for.
Cass is my one true Batgirl, even with the things I have to ignore to make that happen.
Babs needs her Robin/Nightwing, though.
1. They don't actually sleep all that much
I blame the sloths for this one - once you're a species known for moving so slowly that moss grows on you, you can't really blame people for assuming you sleep a lot.
Teppy - another friend also suggested Yaktrax and I found them on Amazon and ordered a pair -s/b here tomorrow.
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