The new Tokyo Skytree is the biggest attraction in Japan — or at least the tallest. The Tokyo Skytree, twice as tall as the Eiffel Tower, and its surrounding retail and office complex opened on Tuesday to an estimated 200,000 visitors. (Haruyoshi Yamaguchi - Bloomberg) The observation decks of the tallest tower in the world opened to the public on Tuesday. Here are six important facts and figures to know about Skytree, pulled from the Associated Press. * Skytree is the tallest tower in the world. It is 2,080 feet tall (634 meters), just edging out the Canton Tower in China (1,969.5 feet, or 600 meters). * Skytree is not the tallest structure in the world. That would be Dubai’s 2,717-foot Burj Khalifa. What’s the ... Continue reading →
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Enlarge Win McNamee/Getty Images The look so harmless. Win McNamee/Getty Images The look so harmless. A 43-year-old woman in San Clemente, Calif., suffered second- and third-degree burns on her right leg and right arm Saturday after rocks in a pocket set her shorts on fire, The Orange County Register says. Orange County Fire Authority officials tell the newspaper that the woman collected the rocks on a nearby beach, returned home and "was standing in her kitchen ... when the pocket of her cargo shorts caught fire." "I talked to the paramedic who treated her, and in his 27 years in responding to calls near the beach, he's never seen this," Fire Authority Capt. Marc Stone told the Register. "The rocks were still smoking when firefighters ... Continue reading →
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