4 Comments TIL that the Statue of Liberty is only the 50th tallest statue in the world (the tallest is virtually 4x taller). Even with the pedestal, it’s only #8. by whatilearned February 15, 2022, 8:22 pm 12 Points Upvote Downvote
Create an API server with Clojure and Pedestal by ProgrammerDude December 10, 2021, 3:32 pm 12 Points Upvote Downvote
35 Comments What needs to stop being put on a “pedestal”? by QuestionGuy July 26, 2021, 4:02 pm 12 Points Upvote Downvote
7 Comments TIL baseball player Ted Williams was cryogenically frozen after he died. His head was removed by surgeons and stored separately from his body, with an empty tuna can used as a pedestal to support it by whatilearned July 19, 2021, 6:31 pm 12 Points Upvote Downvote
7 Comments TIL the Statue of Liberty almost wasn’t built in New York because the governor wouldn’t use city funds to build its pedestal, but Joseph Pulitzer’s newspaper articles inspired 160,000 people to donate. Though a majority of donations were less than $1, they raised over $100,000 in just five months. by whatilearned June 14, 2021, 8:59 pm 12 Points Upvote Downvote
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