The torch of the Statue of Liberty has been closed to the public since 1916, when German saboteurs blew up a munitions depot nearby and shrapnel tore into the statue's arm — in the 110 years since, no visitor has been allowed back up the ladder - Space Daily
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A century-old act of sabotage still keeps visitors from reaching the Statue of Liberty’s highest point, a restriction so obscure that most Americans don’t know it exists.
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