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According to An Article in Time Magazine the World Health Organization claims that Ulaanbaatar is the second most polluted city in the world, behind only Ahwaz, Iran. I simply cannot believe this. I now live in Zalsan Tolgoi on the outskirts of the city where the air is famously fresh and clean but I did spend half a dozen winters living in the heart of the city, and although the air was bad I would not say it was world-class bad. Are you telling me that the air in Ulaanbaatar is worse than the air in, for instance, Hong Kong (or am I confusing heat and humidity with bad air)? Anyhow, chalk another one up for Ulaanbaatar. According to some sources it is also The Ugliest City in the World . But wait! Mongolia just got its First Cray Supercomputer ! Yak  checking out Cray Supercomputer

Who knew they Rapped in the Fertile Crescent ? Nobody ruled better, I’m Nebuchadnezzar, Me and my Chaldeans are sharper than cheddar. We’re so holy like Swiss cheese, One day my wife said, “Neb, I miss trees. This city life is too hard for me, All is see is brown, baby, I need garden-green.” So I built the Hanging Gardens of Babylon for my girl, It’s one of the seven wonders of the world . . .  Nebuchadnezzar (c 634–562 BC) knew how to get down.  Nebuchadnezzar (or Nebbie, as he was known to his friends) built the famous Gate of Ishtar , which can now be seen in Berlin , Germany. Gate of Ishtar, now in Berlin Thanks to the  Silk Road Gourmet for bringing the Rappin’ Chaldeans to my attention.