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Interesting Facts about The constitution
Constitution and its elements are full of surprises. They are both bizarre and astonishing at the same time. So, here we present some great and interesting facts about the constitution.

1. The U.S. Constitution was written in the same place where the Declaration of Independence was signed, i.e., Pennsylvania State House which is the same place where the title ‘Commander of the Continental Army’ was given to George Washington. This place is now known as Independence Hall. This building still stands in Independence Mall in Philadelphia which is also directly across the National Constitution Center.



2. One bizarre fact about The U.S. Constitution is that it was prepared in secret. The whole thing was known to only a handful of peoples, and it was framed behind locked doors, which too was guarded by sentries.



3. The trend of "Thanks Giving Day" was started because of the U.S. Constitution. It was established on November 26, 1789, George Washington wanted to mark this day as a festival where people of the country can show their companion for the country as a way of "giving thanks" to the Constitution.



4. Another Fact about the U.S. Constitution is that among the field of written constitutions, it is known to be the shortest and oldest of them all. The constitution is just 4,543 words long which are merely four pages in total.



5. The world's longest constitution is a massive one, and India holds the title for the longest written constitution in the world. Their constitution is neither a typed nor printed one; it is a handwritten document. It consists of 46 articles, 12 schedules and 94 amendments which constructs a total of whopping 1, 45,000 words. A lot of writing!



6. Indian Constitution took a very long time to frame; it was completed after two years, 11 months and 17 days. Complementing the number of pages and works perfectly.



7. The original handwritten copies of the Indian constitution are kept in a helium-filled case to save it from getting destroyed. This case is kept safely in the library of parliament house with high security.



8. In September 2018, there was an incident in Brazil where the National Museum where the Brazilian constitution was kept, faced a massive event when the whole building was set on fire by unknown reasons. In this incident, the Brazilian constitution got destroyed.



9. One another bizarre constitution incident is from the UK, where the constitution is not even accumulated in a single document. UK's constitution is a half-written document which showcases several acts, but despite the power it has, the document is neither complete nor maintained.



10. Constitution of any country is treated as a national treasure, and high security is offered for it. Anyone who caught stealing or with and intent of stealing it will get barred without any trail or anything. The same goes for someone who is thinking of destroying or harming the document in any possible manner.



11. Indian constitution holds the title of being the most flexible constitution in the world as it can be moulded according to any circumstance where a situation of emergency is at stake.



12. Indian constitution is the only constitution with a nickname of itself, as the Indian constitution is known as ‘udhar ka thaila.' This name was given to it because the constitution of India is made up by joining and combining various astonishing and best parts of the various constitutions from all over the world.