America's most famous and iconic landmark, New York's Statue of Liberty, was originally intended to be a Muslim woman.

You read that correctly. The symbol of American "freedom", the statue that welcomed millions of immigrants to the shores of the country, was inspired by a Muslim woman.

The Smithsonian, the U.S. government's preeminent museum and research institution, reminded the world of this fact in November 2015.

Lady Liberty was also originally meant to wear hijab.