These Things You'll Only Find in Dubai

Gold Rules Everything

The inhabitants of Dubai show their social standing through extreme displays of wealth. You can buy gold virtually everywhere you look. Metalworking can be a supremely lucrative business if you're someone on the ground floor in Dubai.

The More You Know

Shakespeare is easier to understand, makes more sense, and is punnier when it's recited in its original pronunciation instead of a modern English accent.
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Wilt Chamberlain is in the Volleyball Hall of Fame.

Post originally appeared on Upbeat News.