Friday Fun Fact: How many people does it take to change the light bulbs on the Capitol chandelier?
… Just one. Well, at least that is what it took to change all 204 light bulbs in 1969 before any strict safety standards were set in place. Back then, a building worker would be strapped into a bosun-type chair and then lowered by a cable that is connected to a wench at the base of the chandelier. Dangling some 165 feet above the cold hard marble of the Rotunda floor he’d change all the light bulbs. Today, because of…