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13 Now-You-Know Facts About The Statue Of Liberty They Didn’t Teach You In History Class

Just imagine the Statue of Liberty booming out a speech across the whole bay.

13 Now-You-Know Facts About The Statue Of Liberty They Didn’t Teach You In History Class

October 08, 2021

If Thomas Edison had gotten his way, the Statue of Liberty would also have been a massive boombox. Here’s the full story, plus 12 others:

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The Statue of Liberty is covered by some very, very thin copper sheets. the They're about as thick as two pennies pressed together, and they COVER an iron framework (they're pretty heavy, though, weighing 31 tons in total). NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source: Government Publishing Office

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The Statue of Liberty, only turned green 20 years after it was put up. LIBERTY 1990 It happened in 1906- when it was first put up, in 1886, it was roughly the same shade of brown as a penny. The copper just oxidized over 20 years. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source: The New Yorker

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The Statue of Liberty, is actually walking forward, breaking free of shackles. You can only see it from above, but her right foot is stepping off the ground, and there's a broken chain around her feet and beneath her robes. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source: The Battery

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Suffragists protested, at the unveiling of the Statue of Liberty (on a boat). Program WOMAN SUFFRAGE Procession NOTE They objected to a woman symbolizing liberty when women couldn't vote, so they chartered a steamer boat and held up protest banners on it. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source: History.com

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The Statue of Liberty, was designed to recognize the abolition of slavery. Edouard de Laboulaye wanted to give the US a gift that would both recognize abolition and commemorate Abraham Lincoln's death NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source: VICE

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The spikes on the Statue of Liberty's crown don't represent the seven seas. Or the seven continents, for that matter - they're just sun rays, and the circle represents a halo, which indicates she's divine. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source: NPR

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For sixteen years, they used the Statue of Liberty as a regular lighthouse. But it wasn't very good at that (it wasn't designed for it), so it wasn't considered critical to navigation in those 16 years in the late 1800s at all. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source: US Lighthouses

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The Statue of Liberty almost had a massive phonograph installed inside. That was Thomas Edison's idea, when the statue was still being planned - he wanted to broadcast speeches through the entire bay. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source: UC Riverside

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The Statue of Liberty's torch got closed because of a 1916 terrorist act. The aftermath of the explosion In that year, German spies caused a massive explosion nearby, which damaged the torch so badly it's been closed to the public ever since. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source: History.com

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The Statue of Liberty was originally going to go to Egypt, not the US. the The design was for a statue that would mark the inauguration of the Suez Canal, but Egypt couldn't afford that - so the design just got repurposed. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source: Smithsonian Magazine

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The hand of the Statue of Liberty sat in an NYC park for six years. They sent the hand (with the torch) to be displayed in the US to raise the funds needed for finishing the statue - it took years, but it worked. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source: VinePair

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The Statue of Liberty sways a little during a strong wind 0 up to 3 inches. That happens in 50 mph winds, and the torch alone swings up to 6 inches. But considering the statue is over 151 feet high, that's imperceptible from the ground. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source: NPS

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If you melted down the Statue of Liberty, the scrap value would be pretty low. It contains 31 tons of copper and 125 tons of steel, which would bring $227,610 (but that does make it the world's 3rd most expensive statue). NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source: Popular Mechanics

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