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The LA Union Station, which has been seen in many movies from both inside the train station and the outside, is considered “The Last Great American Train Station”.
In 1997, Pope John Paul II decided that St. Isidore of Seville would be the patron saint of the Internet and computer repairmen.
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Madame Tussauds Hollywood is considered the world’s best wax museum. It’s one of the city’s top tourist attractions and includes wax replicas of Barack Obama, Snoop Dog, Leonardo DiCaprio, Spider-Man, and many more.
Every nation in the world allows its residents to divorce under some conditions except the Philippines and the Vatican City.
More than 1 million animal bones have been found in the La Brea Tar Pits, including those of ground sloths, saber-toothed cats, dire wolves, horses, and lions.
More than 22 million tons of salt are used to melt ice on roads in the U.S. every year. That's about 137 pounds of salt for every American.
In 2019, Los Angeles gained its first UNESCO World Heritage Site. Hollyhock House is included in the The 20th-Century Architecture of Frank Lloyd Wright UNESCO site, which also includes structures in Illinois, Wisconsin, Arizona, Pennsylvania, and New York.
There are three national parks within day-tripping distance from Los Angeles: Channel Islands National Park, Joshua Tree National Park, Death Valley National Park. Yosemite, Sequoia, and King’s Canyon national parks are each about 5 hours away.
The extraordinary Bourtange star fort in the Netherlands was constructed in 1593 during the time of the Eighty Years' War. It later became a village and now a Museum.
The San Gabriel Mountains northeast of Los Angeles are a National Monument. They have peaks higher than 10,000 ft (3000 m) and protect wildlife such as the endangered California condor.
The Greater Los Angeles Area has the 2nd largest economy in the United States, between the Greater New York Area and the Greater Chicago Area.
In 1998, Burger King announced the "Left-Handed Whopper", where all the condiments were rotated 180° to suit the left-handed people. It was an April's Fool hoax but people eagerly tried to order it the next day.
Too much coffee and stress can produce higher levels of hallucination.
Los Angeles is home to two Fortune 500 companies AECOM and Reliance Steel & Aluminum.
Other famous companies that started or are headquartered in Los Angeles include Warner Brothers, The Walt Disney Company, 20th Century Studios, MGM Holdings, 7 Studios, American Apparel, Guess clothing, Hot Topic, AEOsports, Forever 21, Trader Joe’s, SpaceX, and Atlantic Records.
The Red Cross symbol, a red cross on a white background, is not public domain and is illegally used for many video game health packs.
There are 63 colleges and 24 universities in Los Angeles, with the largest being University of Southern California and University of California Los Angeles (UCLA).
The Pentagon has never been audited.
Los Angeles’ crime rate is about half that of Cleveland, Ohio, but double that of Austin, Texas.
South Coast Plaza is Costa Mesa is the largest shopping mall in Greater Los Angeles and on the west coast of the United States.
Former US President Calvin Coolidge enjoyed "buzzing for his bodyguards and then hiding under his desk as they frantically searched for him."
The Los Angeles International Airport is the 2nd busiest airport in the US. It served 88 million passengers in 2019.
Because Prince didn't have a will, he lost control of all his music after he died.
Los Angeles has the second most billionaires in the US, with 25. They have a combined net worth of 98.8 billion USD.
Before Joseph Stalin ruled Russia, he organized bank robberies to fund the communist cause.
The richest person in Los Angeles is Patrick Soon-Shiong, with a net worth of 21.6 billion USD.
In Missouri during the 1860s, a "snowflake" was a person who was opposed to the abolition of slavery.
13.2% of people in Los Angeles live below the poverty line.