At about 1.1 billion years old, the 'molecular fossils' containing the pigment even predate dinosaurs.
Waitlists, bombings and restrictive U.S. immigration policies thwarted their chances.
DIssent at or inside the statue began with its unveiling in 1886.
The issue was so hot, it inspired everything from eggings to duels to mob attacks.
Analysis of the child-like, four-inch hand shows that it previously held an unknown object in its palm.
The restoration done by an amateur ended up looking a lot like a famous comic book character.
Chief Justice Roberts wrote in a court decision that 'Korematsu was gravely wrong the day it was decided,' but that didn’t overrule the 1944 decision endorsing Japanese internment.
Jackson said he should’ve hanged his vice president, Truman called Nixon “a no-good lying bastard.”
