The Hollywood Sign was only supposed to stay up for 18 months as a temporary (short-time) advertisement (sign to sell something), but people loved it so much that it became permanent (staying forever)!
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Buckingham Palace’s Picture Gallery is longer than a tennis court and displays (shows) some of the world’s most famous paintings!
he gardens of the Taj Mahal are about 300 m by 300 m — roughly the size of three football fields across.
St. Basil’s Cathedral isn’t just one church — it actually has eight smaller churches built around a central church, making it nine churches in one!
The Louvre Museum’s first curator (person who takes care of the museum) was a painter named Dominique Vivant Denon!