30 ways Dubai rocks!

We are the champions. The 30 things we do best in Dubai... Comments

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Global Village Pavilion

Last year, Global Village introduced the world’s first (of course) world-record pavilion, inviting visitors to break records. In 102 days, visitors managed to break 60, including.

1 Loudest shout: 121.7db

2 Loudest scream: 129db

3 Loudest whistle: 125db

4 Loudest clap: 113db

5 Loudest family: 116db

6 Most amount of sand moved in 30 seconds: 194ml

7 Most clothes pegs held in one hand: 40

8 Most CDs flipped in one minute: 56

9 Fastest time to sort a set number of M&Ms using chopsticks: 31.5 seconds

10 Fastest bead threading: 29 in one minute

11 Most bank notes counted in 30 seconds: 171

12 Fastest number of socks sorted in one minute: 16

13 Fastest time taken to send a set text message: 41.05 seconds

By Dominic Beesley
Time Out Dubai, 11 January 2010
Posted by: Heba Hashem on 27 Jan ' 10 at 21:14

This list truly rocks!! Thanks Dominic.

Feels good to live in this mad, mad city. If Dubai was a baby, it would be growing at a record-breaking speed!!

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