We've already talked about famous places and related facts, but never in a more abstract way like this list! Here we present thirty interesting and little-known facts about some beautiful and important places on earth.
10. The Beehive
1. Beehive (home of the New Zealand government executive) means the last wing of the classical Parliament buildings, but a modern style was chosen due to the risk of earthquakes.
2. The shape is so impractical (all interiors are wedge-shaped) that it had to be added to a square front to provide a safety wing.
3. Directly on the upper floor is the cabinet room (where upper ministers meet) with the prime minister's office on the lower floor. The basement has a swimming pool for parliamentary use.
9. Eiffel Tower
1. Gustav Eiffel included the tower designer (Maurice Koechlin) with an apartment on the third floor for personal use; Thomas Edison went there once. It is now open to the public.
2. The tower has its official paint color, known as the brown Eiffel Tower. It was originally painted in a maroon color, but then it was painted yellow! The tower is painted in three colors of the brown of the Eiffel Tower - the higher you go, the lighter it becomes, so it looks the same in the changing background (this trick is also used in interior design!). be in its original red painted!
3. The British, not wanting to outdo the French, created their version built by Wanking Tower in Wembley Park. The first phase was completed but was unstable and remained incomplete until it was demolished.
8. Taj Mahal
1. 1,000 elephants were used in the construction of the Taj Mahal. They destroyed the materials needed to build the building.
2. The base is made of wood and there is a risk that it will collapse completely. But the builders were prudent and designed to shower outside so as not to damage the interior tomb.
3. There are duplicates in Dubai and Bangladesh. Bangladesh Taj Mahal is a scale model with extra colour. It was built so that the poor of Bangladesh could visit the Taj Mahal without the cost of coming to India.
7.The Sphinx
1. The Sphinx is not a Sphinx. A royal sphinx has wings, a lion's body, and a woman's face. In Egypt, the "Sphinx" has no wings and is the face of a man.
2. It was originally painted bright red, yellow, and blue and must have worn a crown (as seen in the illustration above).
The pious Muslim (Muhammad Sa'im al-Dahar) who tried to destroy the Sphinx (and destroyed people and accused Napoleon of causing harm) is accused of his behavior.
6. The Statue of Liberty
1. Although it was a gift from the manufacturer in France (not from the French nation), the Americans had to pay for the pedestal and contributed in part to the cost of the statue.
2. Boston and Philadelphia raised money to earn the right to the statue, but it was eventually moved to New York.
3. In 1985, the statue received a new torch and its face moved two more feet when it was positioned off-center! He also had a nose job and moves his hand in a slightly better position.
5. Big Ben
1. Big Ben is the clock, not the tower. Its real name is Elizabeth Tower, since 2012 when it was renamed to honour the current queen. It was formerly officially 'Clock Tower, but it has the name of St. I found Stephen's Tower.
2. The tower has a prison and was used in 1880 to hold a member of parliament in prison who refused to swear allegiance to the queen in the Bible. His stay was short: one night.
3. At the top of the tower there is an additional lamp called Ayrton Light which was installed so that Queen Victoria could see the deputies seated after hours. It is currently being replaced.
4. The White House
1. Before Rodor Roosevelt named it the White House, it was called by different words Rashtrapati Bhavan, Rashtrapati Mahal, and Rashtrapati Bhavan.
The official residence of the White House (Speaker-Duh!) Must pay out of his pocket for all the food he eats at home. It is billed monthly.
3. President Washington chose the site and approved the design for the White House. . . And then he never lived there! John Adams and his wife Abigail were the first presidential couple to ever live there.
3. The Great Wall of China
1. The wall in China is known as Earth Dragon or Long Wall.
2. The joint that joined the bricks was made with glutinous rice, which is common in Chinese cuisine.
3. The wall didn't do what it was meant to do: protect the nation. Ganges Khan broke and controlled parts of the wall during his reign.
2. Leaning Tower of Pisa
1. Mussolini tried to fix the tower by drilling holes in its base and filling it with cement. Unfortunately, things got worse and the tower leaned even more. In 2008, changes of a more scientific nature were made and the tower's inclination deteriorated.
2. The tower was originally leaning in the other direction, but because it was built taller, it moved. While it was once a tower to the north, it is now a tower to the south.
3. Tower is a clock tower. The main toll was marking the work of a single traitor. The bell of the traitor is called San Ranieri. Check out the video above when the clock plays.
1.The Kremlin
1. The stars at the top of the five towers (decorated with rubies) were replaced by communists instead of the imperialist symbol - the two great eagles.
2. The Kremlin walls and towers were built by Italian masters in the 15th century. They were built to replace the walls that would be made of wood. The Kremlin was a city unto itself.
3.The largest bell (tsar's clock) in the world is in the Kremlin. It never broke during construction because it was broken.
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