stackyFACTSFrom a distance, the crowning glory of American legislative architecture looks like pristine, majestic white marble. In reality, it's just 8.9 million pounds of heavy, industrial cast iron aggressively painted white to trick tourists into thinking it perfectly matches the rest of the building.
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