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America’s First Major Landscaped Public Park
Posted by lingofacts | Jul 3, 2017 | History | 0 |
World’s Smallest Country
Posted by lingofacts | May 9, 2017 | Travel | 0 |
The Panama Canal Shortcut
Posted by lingofacts | Apr 24, 2017 | Travel | 0 |
Statue of Liberty Crown
Posted by lingofacts | Mar 22, 2017 | Travel | 0 |
Statue of Liberty
Posted by lingofacts | Mar 9, 2017 | Travel | 0 |
Who is the Statue of Liberty
by lingofacts | Jul 14, 2017 | Travel | 0 |
The robed female figure represents Libertas, the Roman goddess of freedom.
Read MoreWho is the Statue of Liberty
by lingofacts | Jul 5, 2017 | History | 0 |
The robed female figure represents Libertas, the Roman goddess of freedom.
Read MoreStatue Of Liberty’s Planned Sister Statue
by lingofacts | Jul 3, 2017 | History | 0 |
The Statue of Liberty was supposed to have a sister statue and lighthouse in Egypt, a large piece for the entrance to the Suez Canal called “Egypt Carrying Light to Asia”.
Read MoreWhy There Are Bedrocks in Central Park
by lingofacts | Jul 3, 2017 | History | 0 |
Thousands of years ago, the area where Central Park now stands is covered and surrounded by glaciers. But about 12,000 years ago, the last of them known as the Wisconsin Glacier finally melted away.
Read MoreAmerica’s First Major Landscaped Public Park
by lingofacts | Jul 3, 2017 | History | 0 |
Central Park in Manhattan was created in 1858 by a duo named Frederick Law Olmsted and Calvert Vaux and is now known as America’s first major landscaped public park.
Read MoreThe Beautiful Suicide from Empire State Building
by lingofacts | Jul 3, 2017 | History | 0 |
On May 1, 1947, Evelyn McHale leapt from the observation deck and plummeted 86 floors to her death. Her body crushed the hood of a parked car. Despite the violent fall, she looked peacefully asleep.
Read MoreNap Pods in the Empire State Building
by lingofacts | Jul 3, 2017 | History | 0 |
At MetroNaps on the 24th floor, tired New Yorkers could kick back in a space-ship-like chair to catch some much-needed zzz’s in twenty minute intervals.
Read MoreSurvivor at the Empire State Building
by lingofacts | Jul 3, 2017 | History | 0 |
A woman named Betty Lou Oliver survived a 75-storey plunge in one of the building’s elevators. This happened during the 1945 bomber crash at the Empire State Building.
Read MoreWorld’s Smallest Country
by lingofacts | May 9, 2017 | Travel | 0 |
Encircled by a 2-mile border with Italy, Vatican City is an independent city-state that covers just over 100 acres, making it one-eighth the size of New York’s Central Park.
Read MoreWorld’s Largest Pencil
by lingofacts | May 9, 2017 | Travel | 0 |
This mother-of-all writing utensils weighs in at 21,500 lbs and stretches to 76 feet long and it’s a version of the classic No. 2. The huge pencil was built in New York by Ashrita Furman and many talented craftsmen.
Read MoreThe Panama Canal Shortcut
by lingofacts | Apr 24, 2017 | Travel | 0 |
The Panama Canal is acknowledged as one of humankind’s greatest achievements of the 20th Century. The building of the canal allowed ships traveling from New York to California to shave close to 8,000 miles off the journey.
Read MoreStatue of Liberty Crown
by lingofacts | Mar 22, 2017 | Travel | 0 |
The seven rays on the crown of the Statue of Liberty represent the seven continents. Each ray measures 9 feet in length and weighs as much as 150 pounds.
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