Dr. Matthew Girardy is a New Jersey-based dentist with expertise in handling various kinds of dental procedures across multiple medical establishments. He works as a dentist and team practitioner at Simply Beautiful Smiles of Rancocas where he performs routine exams, cleanings, implants and crowns restoration and cosmetic dentistry procedures among others. Outside of his work, Matthew Girardy, DMD has a passion for architecture particularly skyscrapers.
Most cities today have tall buildings or skyscrapers that stand majestically towering above city skylines. The term skyscraper traces its roots back to the 1880s when these magnificent architectural structures were first built in the U.S. Beyond their imposing appearance, the following are interesting facts about skyscrapers:
1. Skyscraper occupants age faster
The people who live on top of tall buildings age faster as a result of gravitational dilation, an extraordinary phenomenon where the further one moves away from earth, the faster time moves for them. This makes individuals who spend their entire lifetime in a skyscraper age a few seconds faster than those living at ground level.
2. Empire State Building is a lightning rod
New York’s Empire state building with more than 100 floors was delibarately designed as a lightning rod. It is also struck by lightning approximately 100 times each year.
3, Petronas Towers is the world’s tallest twin towers
Standing at 452 meters high with 88 stories in Malaysia’s capital, Kuala Lumpur, Petronas Towers is the world’s tallest twin towers. Connected by a skybridge, the world’s second highest bridge, the Petronas towers also stand on the world’s deepest foundation at 114 meters deep.
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