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The Safely Surrendered Baby Law of Los Angeles County states that parents are permitted to bring any baby within three days of birth to any designated hospital or fire station and give the baby up without fear of arrest or prosecution.
Fifty-four percent of the citizens of Los Angeles County take vitamins on a daily basis, compared with twenty-two percent of the citizens in the rest of the country.
In 1886, the official slogan of the Los Angeles Travel Bureau was — Los Angeles is the Chicago of California!
The largest concrete donut in the world, which is 40 feet high and weighs 25 tons, is in Los Angeles.
It is illegal in the City of Los Angeles to provide or administer snuff to children under the age of sixteen.
There are four times more hamburgers eaten in Los Angeles County than in the rest of California combined.
In 1976 the physicians at all of the public hospitals in Los Angeles County went on strike and the average number of daily fatalities fell by 20 percent.
In 1955 the complete skeleton of an 80-foot-long, 120-ton blue whale was found buried in East Los Angeles, approximately thirty-five miles from the Pacific Ocean.
It is illegal within the city limits of Los Angeles to place two children under the age of two in a bathtub at the same time.
A little more fun, and then it’s time to go! But don’t worry, there will be at least one more, and possibly two or three more, volumes of Los Angeles Fun Facts!!!!!!!!
The average citizen of Los Angeles consumes 250 tacos a year.
The average citizen of Los Angeles consumes 80 gallons of carbonated, caffeinated cola every year.
Los Angeles is the only major city in the world with an active population of wild mountain lions. An average of three people each year within the city limits are killed and eaten by the mountain lions.
The average citizen of Los Angeles eats 28 pounds of fried chicken, 50 pounds of French fries, 22 gallons of ice cream, 12 pounds of tortilla chips and drinks 325 bottles of beer every year.
A contest was held in 1993 to rename the Los Angeles Convention and Exhibition Center after an extensive renovation and expansion. The winning name, chosen from over ten thousand entries, was the Los Angeles Convention Center.
Reprinted with permission of HarperCollins. Copyright 2008 James Frey. All rights reserved.
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