Empire State Building
About Empire State Building
The Empire State Building is a 102-story, supertall skyscraper in the Midtown South neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City, United States. The building was designed in the Art Deco style by Shreve, Lamb & Harmon and constructed between 1930 and 1931. Its name is derived from "Empire State", the nickname of New York state. The building has a roof height of 1,250 feet (380 m) and stands a total of 1,454 feet (443.2 m) tall including its antenna. The Empire State Building was the world's tallest building until the North Tower of the World Trade Center was topped out in 1970; following the September 11 attacks in 2001, the Empire State Building was once more New York City's tallest building until it was surpassed in 2012 by One World Trade Center. As of 2025, the building is the eighth-tallest building in New York City, the tenth-tallest completed skyscraper in the United States, and the 59th-tallest completed skyscraper in the world.
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The workers on the Empire State Building used to carve their wives' names into the buildings. So in all of his toothpick buildings, he has his wife's name somewhere in them.
from 381: No Such Thing As A Safe Toothpick, 2021-07-09 at 00:36:04 · read transcript
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There's a dance called the Mapuka dance, which is a traditional dance from the Ivory Coast. It's mostly performed by women. Another name for it is la danse du festier, which means the dance of the behind. In 1998, the government of the Ivory Coast prohibited its performance in public. Wow. Here's one more dance craze from the Ivory Coast. Flap your arms and look like a dying chicken.
NSTAAF International Factball: Colombia v Ivory Coast, 2014-06-19 · listen
That also wasn't really an inch, but we'll not go into that. If you made each pixel an inch, it would wrap around the earth 2.7 times this image. If you... If you... If you printed it out to the same specs as a billboard, it was be as tall as 16,408 Empire State Buildings. If you 3D printed that, you would be able to poke the International Space Station. Permission before you do that. Okay?
No Such Thing As Whistling At A Fact, 2023-08-03 · listen
There's a list on Wikipedia of ferris wheels. Unfortunately, the smallest ferris wheel didn't have a hyperlink to it. The second smallest did. I can tell you about the second smallest ferris wheel. It's called the Uni Royal Giant Tire. It was built by the same team or company that built the Empire State Building. Right. How cool is that? How big is it? It is.
314: No Such Thing As A Tiny Ferris Wheel, 2020-03-27 · listen
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- Roslin Institute · Canada
Coordinates: 40.7483, -73.9856