I you melted down the statue of liberty, how much would it be worth?
Episode Transcript
Well, that was kind of random. Mel tying for random facts with Mel
Taylor so weird. How's song EatIt was number one in Australia in nineteen
eighty four. It was a parodyof Michael Jackson's Beat It, of course,
which actually only made its number threein Australia. You know the famous
British keep Calm and carry On postersthat have been parodied a million times were
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never actually distributed. They made theposters in nineteen thirty nine, but decided
not to distribute them because they thoughtit might cause a panic. It takes
between seven and fourteen days to makejust one jelly bean. Think about that,
the Statue of Liberty was melted downand the copper was sold for scrap,
it would only be worth about twohundred and sixty eight thousand bucks.
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You had another thirty if you planon scrapping It's two hundred and fifty thousand
pounds of steel. Doesn't seem muchconsidering it reportedly cost sixteen grand in copper
to construct back in eighteen seventy six. That is a look today at your random facts
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