About the Episode
The Washington Monument is just one of many Obelisks in the world. Somehow several originals from Egypt have wound up all over the globe. And they inspired a stinky imitation in Australia, known as Thornton’s Scent Bottle.
The Washington Monument is the tallest, but it took DECADES for it to be completed – for a bunch of reasons. Here it is, photographed by Matthew Brady in 1860:
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