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Dear, Readers.
I am thrilled to be back with another installment of Crazy And Funny Facts You Should Know. It is sunny and humid on Koh Samui Island, Thailand. As I have mentioned in previous columns, southern Thailand has a tropical climate. The rainy season still has a few more months to play out. 
I hope you are having beautiful weather wherever you are, and that the working and school week has begun on a positive note. 
I am excited to bring you another fun fact today. It is about one of the most iconic and recognizable statues in the world.
I am referring to the Statue of Liberty. Are you ready for this?
Did you know that it was once a lighthouse?
The Statue of Liberty was a gift from France in 1886 to the United States and is a symbol of America’s freedom, but it operated as a lighthouse between 1886 and 1901.
President Grover declared that the Statue of Liberty would operate as a lighthouse under the control of the Lighthouse Board in 1886. In order for the statue to become a lighthouse, a light had to be installed in the torch and around its feet.
The Chief Engineer designed for the lighthouse lights to point upwards rather than outwards so that the Statue would be illuminated for ships and ferries at night and during poor weather.
The Statue of Liberty switched hands for a final time in 1932 when the National Park Service took control in order to operate the statue as an American tourist attraction.
Interesting, isn’t it? I was fascinated by this little fact, and I hope you will be too. It was handed over to the National Park Service because of high operational costs. But, who knows, it might become a lighthouse again in the future.
I appreciate you all for reading my column, and I will always strive to bring you the most unbelievable and crazy facts from around the world.
Have a week to remember! See you soon.
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