HistoryWeirdLarry Walters tied 42 weather balloons to his lawn chair and rose to 16,000 feet over Los Angeles.8779k
PlacesFunnyLos Angeles's original name from 1781 was 'El Pueblo de Nuestra Señora la Reina de los Ángeles del Río Porciúncula' - a 55-character mouthful that Spanish settlers thankfully shortened over time.921k
HistoryInterestingDuring the Gold Rush in 1849, some people paid as much as $100 for a glass of water!761k
HistoryInterestingIn 1982, a high school student from Los Angeles, California unscrambled the Rubik's Cube in 22.95 seconds.751k
HistoryMind-BlowingA couple that were out walking on their property in Sierra Nevada discovered a canister containing $10 million in gold coins.172k
TechnologyWeirdThere's a road in Lancaster, CA that has grooves carved in such a way that when you drive over them at 55 MPH, they will play a part of Rossini's "The William Tell Overture."152k
EntertainmentInterestingThe Power Rangers Command Center was filmed at a real building called the House of the Book, located at the Brandeis-Bardin Campus in Simi Valley, California.72k