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Monumental Minutiae
September 21, 1998Web posted at: 11:59 a.m. EDT (1159 GMT)
Do you know what connection Bill Gates has with the Space Needle? Who the real "Big Ben" was? The excoriating insults hurled at the Eiffel Tower? Or the meaning of the seven rays on the Statue of Liberty's crown?
In this monumental world, it so happens that we often don't know the stories behind the landmarks we think we know so well. Fear not, we're here with the juicy details. Pick a monument and get started...
| Home | Space Needle | Gateway Arch
| Big Ben | Statue of Liberty | Eiffel Tower |
| Leaning Tower of Pisa | Great Wall of China |
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