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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;daveydempsey, post: 3272066, member: 29458&quot;]Most of the 30 million people who visit one of the Smithsonian Institution museums in Washington and New York each year do not realize they have an Englishman — who was born in France, died in Italy and never visited America — to thank for the experience.</p><p><br /></p><p>It was an unexpected bequest from James Smithson that laid the foundation for the institution, which today is administered and largely funded by the U.S. government.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://share.america.gov/british-scientists-unexpected-gift-to-america/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://share.america.gov/british-scientists-unexpected-gift-to-america/" rel="nofollow">https://share.america.gov/british-scientists-unexpected-gift-to-america/</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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