- In 1982, a high school student from Los Angeles, California unscrambled the Rubik's Cube in 22.95 seconds.
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- Anti-American demonstrators protesting in Bangladesh after the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks carried posters of Osama bin Laden sitting alongside Bert, a beloved Sesame Street Muppet character.
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- Mardi Gras means "Fat Tuesday." This is the festival that New Orleans, Louisiana is famous for having every year.
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- In 1888, Hollywood was founded by Harvey and Daeida Wilcox, who named the city after their summer home in Chicago.
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- The longest Hollywood kiss was from the 1941 film, "You're in the Army Now." It lasted for three minutes and three seconds.
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- Superman The Escape rollercoaster, located in California at Six Flags Magic Mountain, goes from 0 to 100 miles per hour in only 7 seconds.
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- The name "Muppet" was coined by Jim Henson. The word was made from a combination of the word "marionette" and "puppet."
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- In North America there are approximately 618 roller coasters.
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- The "naked recreation and travel" industry has grown by 233% in the past decade.
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- In 1960 there were 16,067 gambling slots in Nevada. By 1999, this number rose to 205,726 slots which would be one slot for every 10 people residing there.
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- Surveys indicate that the number one reason people play BINGO is for leisure.
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- The first restaurant to open in Hollywood was the Musso & Frank Grill in 1919.
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- The accent that Mike Myers used for the character Shrek came from the accent that his mother would use when she was telling him bedtime stories when he was a child.
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- In the movie "The Matrix Reloaded" a 17 minute battle scene cost over $40 million to produce.
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- Kermit the Frog was named after Kermit Scott, a childhood friend of creator Jim Henson, who became a professor of philosophy at Purdue University.
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- In 1894, the carnival made its debut in North America.
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- In Greece, the climate is so warm that many of the cinemas do not even have roofs.
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- Belle from the Disney movie "Beauty and the Beast" makes a cameo appearance in Disney's "Hunchback of Notre Dame."
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- Kermit the frog delivered the commencement address at Southampton College located in the state of New York in 1996.
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