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Getting the perfect gift for your significant other may seem like the hardest thing to do. Do you get jewellery? Food? Clothes? An unforgettable experience? What is the perfect gift??
How about… something out of this world? Literally.
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A Pakistani man has recently set a new standard in terms of wedding gifts when he presented his bride with a very special gift – land on the moon.
That’s right, a piece of the moon.
Through the Lunar Settlement Initiative (LSI), Sohaib Ahmed from Rawalpindi, Pakistan bought one acre of land on the moon for $45 (RM186) as a wedding gift for his wife Madiha.
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The LSI states that for a land claim to be granted legal recognition and certification, a human-based settlement must be established and permanently and continuously inhabited on the moon.
“The location and population of the settlement may change, as long as there continues to be an inhabited settlement within the claim,” a statement on LSI’s website reads. “This settlement may include temporary shelters and structures; moveable vehicles or assemblies; permanent facilities for research, mining, construction or huma habitation; tourist accommodations; and/or strategic emplacements.”
“Upon the recognition and certification of land claims, property owners shall be entitled to inhabit and develop their property in any manner, subject to any laws or statutes that may be established by the sovereign and independent government of Luna, which shall be freely elected by its citizens,” the statement added.
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Sohaib shared that he had been inspired to buy land on the moon by the late Bollywood actor Sushant Singh Rajput, who had done the same in 2018 and bought land in a part of a region called Mare Muscoviense, or the “Sea of Muscovy”.
Sohaib’s lunar land however is in the region called “Sea of Vapours” or Mare Vaporum.
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Madiha said that her friends did not believe her when she told them about the unique wedding gift, and they even thought it was a joke.
Speaking to Samaa TV she said, “At first everyone thought it was a joke, but then I showed them the documents and they believed it.”
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This is definitely a wedding gift that gives life to the saying “Love you to the moon and back”!
Would you buy a piece of the moon for someone you love, if you could? Do you think this is a great wedding gift? Let us know!
Info via Dialogue Pakistan + Times Now News