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PYZGG TIL that the Huanghuagang Martyr Memorial in China has a replica of the US Statute of Liberty on top. It replaced a previous Statue of Liberty that held a rifle, symbolizing Mao's quote that “political power grows out of the barrel of a gun.”
QNeXL TIL Abraham Lincoln melted…his statue that is. No, not THAT statue, but a wax statue of him at a D.C. Elementary school. The artist used wax with a congealing point of 140 degrees, so it wasn’t expected to melt.
neZmo TIL James Earl Jones does not appear on screen in his eight movies with the highest domestic box office gross. He provides a voiceover in five Star Wars movies, two Lion King movies, and Adam Sandler’s Click.
Jw6m TIL that a small portion of the population can voluntarily control their tensor tympani muscle, causing a low rumble in the ear.
v16Px TIL that "butter eater" used to be a terrible insult as only barbarians ate butter in ancient times