Amazing Facts About Dubai.

• The locals constitute less than 20% of the population there
• As opposed to 1 skyscraper in 1991, Dubai now has over 400
• In Dubai, if you lose, you gain: the government pays its citizens 2 grams of gold for every kg of body weight they lose!
• In Dubai, you can get pizza delivered to your door by pushing a fridge magnet
• Dubai is building an entertainment complex which will cost about 150,000 times the 2012 revenue of the Susan G. Komen Foundation.
• The Dubai police fleet includes a Lamborghini, a Ferrari, and a Bentley to allow them to catch speeding drivers who can outrun other cars
• License plates in Dubai are a symbol of prestige and status, with them being bought and sold for over $14 million – with 1-digit-numbers being the most desired, followed by 2-digits, and so on
• Some ATMs in Dubai dispense gold bars
• About one-third of Dubai’s GDP comes from its airport, which contributes around $22 billion to its GDP
• Dubai is building a 50,000,000 square foot climate-controlled indoor city from scratch
• There are thousands of luxury cars left abandoned in Dubai
• Although illegal, keeping exotic animals as pets is something of a fashion statement in Dubai