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A piece of an ancient continent, running from India to Madagascar, was found in 2017 under the island of Mauritius off the East Coast of Africa.
Los Angeles has the 2nd highest LGBTQ+ population in the US, 154,000, surpassed only by New York City.
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71% of Los Angeles County residents voted for Joe Biden in the 2020 presidential election.
In the 1950s, Nelson Mandela was a crusading attorney by day and an amateur boxer by night.
Los Angeles has 24 newspapers in total. Some of the major ones include The Los Angeles Times, La Opinión (Spanish), and The Hollywood Reporter and Variety.
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Piranhas only attack you if you mess with them or their eggs.
We have LA to thank for inventions like Mickey Mouse, the internet, skateboards, electric guitars, the American version of fortune cookies (though there’s a competing and more widely accepted claim from San Francisco), California Rolls (though there’s a competing claim from Vancouver, Canada), and the supermarket.
Data scientists analyzed 10,222 words to discover the "happiest" word in the English language. It's "laughter."
While countless films have been produced in Hollywood, some of the most famous films actually set in LA include Repo Man, Fletch, Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure, Die Hard, Terminator 2, Beverly Hills Cop, Boyz n the Hood, Clueless, The Big Lebowski, and Once Upon a Time in Hollywood.
In 2015, a host of big food brands, led by Nestlé, vowed to use only natural flavors in products marketed in the U.S., just as a shortage of natural vanilla was emerging.
TV Shows filmed in Los Angeles include Fresh Prince of Bel Air, Beverly Hills 90210, Modern Family, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, New Girl, Criminal Minds, and Dr. Phil.
Philosophical presentism is the view that neither the future nor the past exist, only the present.
The Rams are the only club in the history of the NFL to win championships representing three different cities: Cleveland (1945), Los Angeles (1951) and St. Louis (1999).
There is an army recruitment lottery in Thailand. Every man over 21 has to participate. A red card means you have to go, a black card means you don't.
The Lakers won 33 straight games during the 1971-1972 season. In fact, they hold the record for the NBA’s longest winning streak.
26 Hall of Famers have played for the Lakers, while four of them have coached the team.
88% of businesses believe school leavers are unprepared for the world of work, according to a British Chambers of Commerce survey.
23 National League pennants and six World Series championships were won by the Dodgers.
During WWII, a British sailor escaped his submarine from depths of 270 feet (82 m) and managed to get to the surface and survive.
Many famous players have played for the Dodgers, including the first African American in the modern Major Leagues: Jackie Robinson.
The U.S. government gave Indiana University $1 million to study memes.
The Kings won two Stanley Cups: in 2012 and 2014.
More than any other team in the league, the Sparks have qualified 16 times for the WNBA Playoffs in their 20 years in Los Angeles.
King Mithridates VI of Pontus was terrified of being poisoned, so he took small doses of various poisons throughout his life to develop immunity.
The U.S. Navy was disbanded following the Revolutionary War and brought back years later largely to fight pirates.
The first openly transgender athlete in a professional American sports team was Harrison Browne of the National Women's Hockey League.
In Canada, due to a chronic shortage of coinage, playing cards were once used as currency.
France opened in 2016 what it claims to be the world's first solar panel road, in a Normandy village.