The European mind can’t comprehend The retractable grass field
Brother, this is an NFL stadium in Las Vegas.
The grass field lives OUTSIDE.
When it's game day, the entire field rolls into the stadium on a giant tray.
The grass field weighs around 19 million pounds and sits on a giant movable tray. Before Raiders games, the entire field is rolled into the stadium. After the game, it gets rolled back outside so the grass can receive actual sunlight.
Which is objectively insane.
The field travels about 600 feet between its outdoor position and the stadium. It takes roughly 90 minutes to move.
Nobody thought:
"Maybe we should use artificial turf."
No.
America looked at a 9-acre field and said:
"What if we made it mobile?"
We're the same country that built Hoover Dam, put a man on the Moon, races Oscar Meyer Weinermobiles and deep fries Oreos at state fairs.
Subtlety has never been our thing.
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🚨 EXCLUSIVE: Tottenham have entered the race to sign Sandro Tonali! 💣🇮🇹
De Zerbi wants Tonali as new star for the midfield, ideal to step up #THFC level.
Spurs ready to face Man City and Arsenal in the race for Tonali for new ambitious project to prove their intentions.
JUST IN: Responding to the abduction and d€ath of retired Major General Rabe Abubakar, the Defence Headquarters Joint Task Force North West has commenced a fresh major offensive named Operation Clean Sweep III across Matazu Local Government Area and neighbouring communities in Katsina State.
“I can never marry a Nigerian ,it’s impossible.
The last one I date was asking me when he can meet my dad , I don’t even think they like me
My dad doesn’t even care who I marry… he just wants me to get married
That’s why I’m so happy for Temi and Mr Eazi 🥹✨”
— DJ Cuppy
🚨🔴⚫️ BREAKING: Rúben Amorim to AC Milan as new head coach, HERE WE GO! 🇵🇹
Verbal agreement done on deal valid until June 2028 plus option until June 2029.
Amorim has accepted all conditions and will sign this week as new Milan manager. 🫱🏻🫲🏼
The first trillionaire in human history
- Elon Musk
- Born in South Africa
- Bullied relentlessly as a kid
- Immigrated to North America
- Arrived with a backpack and a dream
- Built Zip2 with his brother
- Sold it 4 years later for $300 million
- Co-founded PayPal with the profits
- Revolutionised digital payments
- Sold PayPal to eBay for $1.5 billion
- Bet everything on Tesla and SpaceX
- Got mocked for electric cars
- Got laughed at for reusable rockets
- Nearly went bankrupt in 2008
- Kept building anyway
- Turned Tesla into the world’s most valuable automaker
- Made EVs mainstream and transformed the automotive industry
- Made reusable rockets a reality
- Reduced the cost of reaching space by 95%
- Sparked the modern commercial space race
- Built Starlink and connected millions around the world to high-speed internet
- Turned SpaceX into the most valuable private company in history
- Bought Twitter for $44 billion
- The world said he overpaid
- He was called reckless, stupid & crazy
- Advertisers fled, media declared it dead
- Critics called it the worst acquisition in tech history
- Renamed it 𝕏
- Rebuilt the platform anyway
- Turned it into one of the most influential platforms on Earth
- Launched xAI and accelerated the global AI race
- Sent astronauts to space
- Is trying to get humans to mars
- Created millions of jobs
- Generated hundreds of billions in value
- Inspired an entire generation of builders
Before:
- Failed repeatedly
- Worked insane hours
- Slept in factories and offices
- Got bullied, laughed at and mocked
- Constantly told “it’s impossible”
- Kept building anyway
- Made it possible
Today:
- Richest person on Earth
- First trillionaire in human history
- Largest IPO in history $1.77 trillion
Most people quit when the world laughs at them.
Elon Musk built the future instead.
Love him or hate him…
Nobody has changed more industries in a single lifetime.
Payments. Cars. Energy. Space. Social Media. Communications. AI.
History won’t remember the people who said it couldn’t be done.
It will remember the people who did it anyway.
Congratulations Elon.
The first trillionaire. 🚀