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A Walk Through The World’s Biggest Ghost Town

Ordos, China, was created on one-sixth of China’s coal reserves, and was meant to attract almost 1 million people (which was later scaled back to 300,000) after having been built from scratch. But high property taxes and poor construction made it so that there is only around 100,000 people living …

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Companies That Are In Business For The Longest Time Possible

Australian Agricultural Company, Australia Est. 1824 While it’s one of the youngest companies on this list, it’s the oldest one in Australia – continuously operating since 1824. It was granted a royal charter by Britain’s King George IV, and started out using convict labour to raise Merino sheep and cattle …

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