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<v Speaker 1>Hello, and welcome to the Stupid isstru Minute. I'm your

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<v Speaker 1>host Kept Pound. Today we're talking about the Liberty Bell.

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<v Speaker 1>The Liberty Bell is one of America's most recognizable symbols,

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<v Speaker 1>and it's famous for something that went wrong. Commissioned in

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<v Speaker 1>seventeen fifty one by the Pennsylvania Assembly, the bell was

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<v Speaker 1>cast at London's Whitechapel Bell Foundry. Unfortunately, it cracked during

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<v Speaker 1>its very first test ring. Philadelphia metalworkers John Pass and

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<v Speaker 1>John Stowe melted it down and recast it twice before

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<v Speaker 1>getting it right. Years later, another crack appeared, eventually making

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<v Speaker 1>the bell unusable. Today, the Liberty Bell still stands in

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<v Speaker 1>Philadelphia as a symbol of freedom and independence, proving that

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<v Speaker 1>even America's greatest icons don't have to be perfect. This

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<v Speaker 1>has been the Stupid Histrum Minute, and I'm kept pounding.

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