9 Cool Things You Did Not Know About the Statue of Liberty


	9 Cool Things You Did Not Know About the Statue of Liberty

maquser

7-10-2008 10:59 AM

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statue of liberty, landmark, national, history, france, usa

maquser says:

I bet you don't know any of them! I didn't!

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