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13 Facts You Didn’t Know About Los Angeles
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1. Los Angeles is home to the largest population of Native Hawaiians outside of Hawaii, due to migration during the early 20th century.
2. The Hollywood Sign originally read “Hollywoodland” and was intended to promote a housing development, not the film industry.
3. LA’s Griffith Park is larger than Central Park in New York City, covering over 4,300 acres.
4. Beneath the LA streets, there's a network of abandoned underground tunnels used during Prohibition to transport liquor.
5. There’s a hidden, vintage carousel in Griffith Park that inspired Walt Disney to create Disneyland after he watched his daughters ride it.
6. The city’s first name was over 40 characters long: “El Pueblo de Nuestra Señora la Reina de los Ángeles de Porciúncula.”
7. Union Station has appeared in over 200 films and TV shows, making it one of the most filmed locations in Hollywood.
8. The La Brea Tar Pits still bubble with natural tar, occasionally trapping small animals just like in prehistoric times.
9. Los Angeles is the birthplace of the internet, with the first message sent from UCLA to Stanford in 1969.
10. The original “Bat Cave” from the 1960s 'Batman' TV series is actually located in Bronson Canyon, right in the middle of Griffith Park.
11. LA has more museums per capita than any other city in the world, with over 200 museums.
12. LA’s temperature reached a record 120°F in 2020, the highest ever recorded in the city, which shows how extreme its climate can get.
13. A secret bunker built during the Cold War exists under the Getty Center, meant to protect important artworks in case of a nuclear attack.
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