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grammarpedant · 9 days ago

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And the picture is at an exaggerated angle for effect, to be clear. The Sacred Cod does not actually loom large over the House floor like that; at 4'11" it's not longer than a person. It just hangs in one of the viewer galleries above the floor, 6 inches out of the presumed reach of college-age codnappers, as only a much-beloved piece of historical kitsch can.

Every day I learn something baffling about Massachusetts

#they used a huge florist box disguised with flowers lol #and the second time i believe a ladder was necessary (they had raised its hanging height)#the new york times called the Sacred Cod worth less than nothing as a work of art. rude #state house tour junior tour guide fact: whenever we had to describe how much gold foil was used to paper the state house dome #the comparison was always 'if you got up there and scraped it all into a ball it would be about the size of a grapefruit/softball'#always one of those two comparisons #usually accompanied by a joke about not getting arrested while you were hypothetically up there on the dome #massachusetts #massachusettsposting

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