Famous Landmarks - Facts for Kids

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Each letter of the Hollywood Sign was delivered up the steep hill by mules, who had to carefully carry the heavy materials (building pieces) piece by piece!

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Salar de Uyuni in Bolivia is the world’s largest salt flat, stretching over 4,086 square miles (10,582 square kilometers) — that’s about the size of 2 million football fields put together!

The Changing of the Guard at Buckingham Palace starts at 11:00 AM, with soldiers in red uniforms and tall bearskin hats. It happens on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays!

 The CN Tower can handle winds of up to 322 kilometers (200 miles) per hour!

The clock mechanism of Big Ben is so accurate that it’s kept in time by adding or removing old pennies from the pendulum — each penny changes the clock’s speed by 0.4 seconds per day!