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Degman(D-Man) Creator
Degman(D-Man)

This I really had no idea about. Thanks for this great info!

EDIT: My friend just told me that it's proven this is a fake, and also that there were researchs which proves it is not built from Brač rock. So, what to think ?

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Man-at-Arms{CRO}

If I remember well this is how the story goes: After US became independent, one hungarian merchant and a businessman saw an oportunity to earn some cash. So he bought a boat full of stones from Brac, which he eventually brought to US. This part is true (as far as I know of). It is belived that it was then bought by the US goverment and used for building The White House (this is not 100% certain). You should know however, that this does not mean it was completely made of it, but that there it is a big possibility that some parts (the last layer to be specific) were made of Brac stone. Some parts of it were made of stone from Virginia and Texas, if I am not mistaking. I do not know about any researches, but this is commonly used as a fact when talking about THW, not only in Croatia, but worldwide, search it yourself. I saw articles claiming this as a truth and those saying otherwise... But what is certain is that Brac stone has been used to create the parliament buildings in both Budapest and Vienna as well as in buildings throughout Europe.

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The stone which built the White House in Washington D.C. comes from the island of Brac, Croatia.