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TIL that the Jeddah Tower, which is currently under construction in Saudi Arabia and will be the tallest building in the world upon its completion, is being constructed by the Saudi Binladin Group, which is owned by the family of Osama bin Laden, who destroyed two of the world’s largest buildings.

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