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7. Empire State Building, New York (1931 - 1972) 381 Metres:



This skyscraper is one of the most recognised buildings in the world, it's been featured in hundreds of adverts and some notable Hollywood movies (King Kong, Sleepless in Seattle, An Affair to Remember).

When it was opened on May 1, 1931 it was without doubt the tallest building in the world and would keep this enviable record for the next 41 years.

This 103-storey structure is currently the 23rd tallest building in the world and the fourth tallest free-standing structure in North America.

This building is so popular that it has become an American cultural icon.

6. Chrysler Building, New York (1930 - 1931) 319 Metres:




Built by Walter P. Chrysler, the owner of the Chrysler Motor Company, it's sparkling aura earns it the reputation as one of the most beautiful skyscrapers in the world.

The building is built in Art Deco style, the famous spire is modelled on a Chrysler car radiator grille and the gargoyles depicts Chrysler car ornaments.

It became the tallest building in the world for only eleven months and was the headquarters of the Chrysler Car Company until the 1950's.

It is now owned by the Abu Dhabi Investment Council.

5. Bank of Manhattan Trust Building, New York (1930) 283 Metres:



This 70-story skyscraper has come by many names and lived through several events, some of them tragic.

It was completed in April 1930 and it held the record as the tallest building in the world for about two months.

On May 20, 1946 a United States military C-45 Beechcraft plane crashed into the building at the 58th floor creating a massive hole in the building. The cause of the crash was poor visibility caused by thick fog.

Nobody in the building was hurt but all persons in the plane died.

The building is now known as the Trump Building.

4. Woolworth Building, New York (1913 - 1930) 241 Metres:

This impressive building once called the "Cathedral of Commerce" was built by the great businessman F.W Woolworth and was the headquarters of his company for several decades.

Standing at 233 Broadway, Manhattan, New York City, this building remains one of the most admired buildings in the United States of America.

3. Metropolitan Life Tower, New York (1909 - 1913) 213 Metres:


Located at Madison Avenue in New York it served as the headquarters of the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company until 2005.

This famous building has undergone so many remodelling projects that it looks very different today than the way it looked more than a hundred years ago.

It is currently owned by the Abu Dhabi Investment Authourity and is under more renovation to become a 5-Star hotel.

2. The Singer Building, New York (1908 -1909) 187 Metres:


This building was the headquarters of the famous Singer Machine Company and it held the record as the tallest building in the world for a very short period of time.

It's unique shape and style was very prominent in the skylines of Broadway, New York for several decades.

It was demolished in 1968 and remains the tallest building ever to be demolished in peacetime.

1. Philadelphia City Hall (1901 - 1908) 167 Metres:


This impossing building is the Government House for the City of Philadelphia. It was the first modern building and also the first secular building to become the tallest in the world. All previous records were held by religious buildings such as Cathedrals.

This structure also houses all the three branches of Government for the city: The Executive (Mayor's Office), The Legislature (City Council), and the Judiciary.

It has almost 700 rooms and is the largest municipal building in the United States.

Standing at the top of the building is a massive bronze statue of William Penn, founder of the city. This impossing statue is the tallest statue on top of any building in the world.

Good morning

They are clearly surrounding Maiduguri. They may have started to take territory and hold it for keeps.

This insurgency might be entering another deadly phase.

Awoofawo: During World War Two (WW2) there was ceasefire, on a new year eve; so that troops from both side of the trench could embrace and wish themselve "Happy New Year"

Actually it was during World War One on the Western Front. They played a foot ball match together then went back to killing themselves the following day.

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Olarewajub: For sure.

Ok

quid: Nonsense thread

Pls just shut up.

5. DEADLY LAUGHTER: Wesley Parsons was a farmer in Laurel, Indiana and he was a very jolly and funny man.

One day, in 1893, while sharing a joke with friends he was seized by a fit of uncontrollable laughter which he could not stop.

The laughter continued for an hour then he began to hiccup, two hours later he was dead from exhaustion.


http://globalthots..com/2014/05/five-very-strange-victorian-era-deaths.html?m=1

4. KILLED BY DECENCY: The place was Bermuda, and the year was 1892. Some sailors were busy having a party when a fight broke out, then some one fell overboard into the water.

A sailor began to strip-off in order to save the drowning man but was stopped by an officer.

Why??

Because there was a boat filled with ladies nearby and it would not be moral or decent for them to see a nearly naked man.

After a while when the desperate struggle of the man drowning man could no longer be ignored, the same officer called for volunteers and five men jumped into the water.

But it was already too late. The man had drowned.

3. ZOMBIE KILLERS: During a funeral in a Village in Russia the coffin lid suddenly came off and the corpse began to climb out. There was a stampede as everybody, including the priest, ran out of the church and scampered to their homes locking their doors behind them.

But the awoken corpse went after them trying to tell them something, but no one was ready or willing to hear.
Soon, the Russian priest realised that the man was actually not dead, but a coma patient who had just regained consciousness. And then he began to run back to him to hear him out.

But he was already too late.

By then the peasants of the village, thinking they were under attack by an Undead, have armed themselves with guns, knives, swords etc and have attacked the "Zombie" and returned him to the world of the dead.

By the time the priest got there, the body had already been thrown into the marsh.

2. KILLER COFFIN: Coffin bearers are typically strong and sure-footed fellows and they are seldom known to stumble while on the job.

But for Henry Taylor it was one stumble too far.

One mournful day in November 1872, while Pall bearer Henry Taylor and his colleagues were in the middle of a funeral procession, with the coffin on their shoulders, Henry caught his foot on a stone and stumbled, and, while he fell, the other Pall bearers let go of the coffin which fell on Henry and killing him instantly.

The widow of the man about to be buried nearly died of hysteria.

These stories were from Newspaper reports of the Victorian Era, and they give us a glimpse of how life was like, by reporting the circumstances of some deaths:


1. KILLER MOUSE: England 1875, a mouse suddenly dashed onto a worktable in a South London factory. The women workers scattered in all direction.

There was pandemonium and panick, then a young man stepped forward and seized the mouse. The saviour had come and it seemed all was over, but not quite.

The mouse slipped out of his grasp and into his sleeve and then popped out of the open neck of his shirt.

In his surprise the young man opened his mouth and then in went the mouse, then the young and swallowed the mouse.

What happened next was a scene out of a horror movie for the mouse started to tear, scratch and bite right inside the man's throat and the unfortunate fellow died a painful and agonising death.

runzlord: are u kidding me. so two guys re seriously fighting and a fyn babe passes they con stop dey look the babe. one con say see ynash the other con smile say o boy im telling you. after the babe con go. they resume thier fight. 9ja is funny

Its not restricted to Nigeria o. Strange things happen during war time all over the world.

21. In 1967 during the Biafran War a 48-hour ceasefire was declared in Nigeria between the Federal troops and Biafran seccessionists so that they could watch the Brazilian football legend, Pele, play on a visit to Nigeria.

22. Prostitution is legal in Brazil.

http://globalthots..com/2014/07/facts-you-did-not-know-about-brazil.html?m=1

13. The most popular surname in Brasil is Silva.

14. More than 2 million people in Brazil are of Japanese descent.

15. Salvador, in Brazil, is the biggest African city outside of Africa. About 82% of it's 3 million strong population traces their ancestory back to the black slaves from Africa.

16. Brazil is the only country to have won the FIFA World cup five times and the only country to have qualified for every World Cup editions.

17. Brazil has the third largest road network in the world.

18. It also has the second largest christian population in the world.

19. The country is 100% energy dependent. It acheived this wonderful feat in 2006.


20. The Monumental Axis is the widest road in the world. It can hold 160 cars side-by-side.

7. 73% of Brazilians are Catholics and it has the largest population of Catholics in the world.

8. About 3.5 million slaves actually survived the crossing from Africa to Brazil over a period of about 300 years (1500's to 1800's) and their descendants still live in Brasil till today.

9. Football was brought to Brazil (Sao Paolo) by a young Brazilian-born Englishman, Charles Miller around the turn of the 20th century.

10. Brazil has the second highest number of airports in the world, about 4,000. It is second only to the U.S.A.

11. Brazil has the fifth largest population in the world at over 200 million people.

12. Brasilia, the capital, looks like an aeroplane from above.

6. 60% of the Amazon rainforest,the worlds largest rainforest, lies within Brazil.

3. Brazil is the fifth largest country by land mass in the world, it is the largest country in South America and the entire Latin America region. It is 8.45 million sq. Km.

4. It is the largest Portuguese-speaking (Lusophone) country in the world and the only Portuguese -speaking country in the Americas.

5. Over 60% of the Amazon, the worlds' largest river lies within Brazil.

1. The word "Brazil" is derived from "Pau Brasil" (Brazilwood) a tree that was once abundant across the coast and was used to produce a deep, red dye. Brasil means "red like an ember"

2. Brazil has the longest continous coastline in the world, about 7,491 km long.

This wisdom thread is for everyone and will change peoples lives.

https://www.nairaland.com/1800994/powerful-stories-change-life

femikay149: Nice job op ve got to admit , this thread has changed my views about the way i see the nigerian army and my criticism about them

Pls wot is the name of this gun i see DSS also using it

TAR-21 or the Tavor.

iterator25: Nollywood needs to do some epic ish with this dudes..

True

I receive such mails claiming to get my contacts from Nairaland long before the attack. I have received them since last year.

What did the above poster just say. Can some one please explain to me because I dont know how to read.

I hope these stories are touching lives out there?