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Crazy designs for Notre Dame rebuild & the Eiffel Tower's birthday! – Today’s Biggest News

THE HISTORY OF THE DEMOCRACY SAUSAGE There are only a few days left before Aussies head to the polls for the federal election! While a lot of people are busy thinking about who to vote for we thought we'd focus on another very important part of Australia's elections... the democracy sausage! It’s become an Aussie Icon, an election day essential, minced meat beautifully sandwiched by a slice of white bread. Yum But where did it all start? Well sausages have been around for thousands of years and have appeared in just about every culture, from Ancient Greece, to China and Italy. In the 1800s the Germans brought their famous sausages like Frankfurts and Bockwürste. Meanwhile the Brits introduced us to the thick Cumberland sausage and the thin English breakfast sausage. Despite all that it was a long time before the sausage was seen as a typical cuisine and the sizzle made its way into school sports days, fundraisers, and of course elections. Over the years the democracy sausage became a proper Aussie tradition with plenty of leaders getting involved to munch down on them. It's even caused controversy. In 1989 the Western Australian Premier Peter Dowding was accused of bribing voters with free sausages. There was even an investigation which eventually found that providing free snags was NOT considered political bribery. Turns out it takes a lot more than a sausage to snag votes. --- JANE GOODALL MAKES AN EXCITING ANNOUNCEMENT South Australia's Monarto Zoo has just made a pretty exciting announcement and they called in a V.I.P. to break the news! This is Jane Goodall - she's famous around the world for her conservation work with chimpanzees in Africa and she stopped by Adelaide to help announce that one of Monarto's chimpanzees is pregnant! She says the keepers are doing some great work with the breeding program and used the opportunity to talk about the importance of conservation. --- SOME INTERESTING NOTRE DAME RENOVATION PROPOSALS Architects around the world are super busy right now coming up with designs for the Notre Dame rebuild but some slightly less experienced designers are also working on it. You might remember the big fire that damaged the famous cathedral and how the French President vowed to rebuild it. Well France started an international competition to ask for experts' designs and naturally the internet's come up with some interesting suggestions. How would you like a pool on the roof? Or maybe a car park for all of the visitors? --- EIFFEL TOWER CELEBRATES 130 YEARS Speaking of famous Parisian landmarks, the Eiffel Tower has just celebrated a birthday! 130 years ago it officially opened to the public and today people rocked up to celebrate! 1300 kids were invited to explore what's arguably Paris' most famous monument. They got to explore the tower and learn more about its history. Back in the 1880's a competition was organised to build an iron tower to mark 100 years since the French Revolution. There were 107 entries but it was Gustave Eiffel's team that was chosen. At the time, a lot of people actually really hated it and said it didn't fit with the other buildings in Paris. But now 130 years on the tower is still standing, visited by about 7 million visitors a year and known around the world as a significant and much loved monument for Parisians and tourists alike. --- WINDOW WASHERS DANGLE FROM 50 STOREY BUILDING As far as dangerous jobs go, turns out window washer is right up there! Two people were working on this building when their basket thingy disconnected from the roof and started swinging! They were 50 STOREYS up! Luckily firefighters lent them a hand and a rope to get them back to safety. --- BEN SIMMONS ANNOUNCES HE'LL PLAY FOR AUSTRALIA Australia's first NBA All Star player Ben Simmons is helping out Aussie basketball fans everywhere by letting the world know he's going to play for the Boomers! Australia's national team has never won a world cup but some are hoping that with Simmons on side, and a whole bunch of other big name Aussie NBA players, we might just have a winning chance in China in August. --- LUCKY DUCKS MAKE A NARROW ESCAPE Check out these little jaywalkers! This family of ducks were spotted waddling over Brisbane's Gateway Motorway during peak hour traffic! Luckily the police decided to literally lend them a hand. They blocked off TWO whole lanes and provided the ducklings and their mama with a police escort outta there! __ Make sure to like & subscribe our videos if you want to stay in the know! http://www.abc.net.au/btn/ Follow us on Social Media: Facebook:   / abcbtn   Instagram:   / behindthenews   Twitter:   / behindthenews