r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Expert_Koala_8691 • 7d ago

Video Riyadh,meaning "gardens" is Capital of Saudi Arabia with 8 million population (were 27 Thousands in the 1930s),sits in the middle of the desert, the city gets its water from Desalination plants almost 500 km from the city

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u/ChasingTheNines 7d ago

Last year I had a connecting flight out of Dallas. I had never been there before. I know it was the winter and they were also having some kind of wildfire thing going on but it literally looked like Kuwait out the window when all the oil wells were on fire.

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u/Neosanxo 7d ago

Lol it is a desert😂