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Gained insight about by trying to feed a pigeon. We learned that pigeons don't like seaweed and rice, or things to be thrown at them.
We found a monument of general Thaddeus Kościuszko, a participant in the American Revolutionary War on the colonist side.
We stood in front of General Thaddeus's statue(Left) and found Old Emmitt Grill, a business running since 1856(right) and were able to stand underneath this optical illusion at the Renwick Gallery
The Smithsonian institution was funded by British scientist James Smithson, hence, Smithsonian. His original intent was to spread knowledge to a wider audience of people. At the time, he donated half a million dollars to establish the institution which was equivalent to 1.5% of the US federal budget. However, it wasn't created immediately, Congress took more than eight years of debate to finally establish the institution.