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Truth!

Pierre refused payment for his work designing the Capitol, which was just- just totally awesome of him.  What wasn't awesome was when Pierre came to regret his decision and then years later petitioned Congress to- to- to pay him, anyway.  Congress said no.

Round two!
Fact one: Tad Lincoln, Abraham's son, got so lost in the basement of the Capitol that he nearly died of dehydration.
Or fact two: The US Capitol once contained a statue of a shirtless George Washington depicted as Zeus.

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