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- The population of Santa Monica is 86,905. Sister cities are Fujinomiya in Japan; Hamm in Germany; and Mazatlan in Mexico.
- There are well over 2,000 stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
- Take a close look at your car rental insurance as it is estimated that over one-fifth of the 7 million cars you see on the roads of LA are uninsured. There are also an estimated 180 accidents each and every day resulting in three deaths. And that includes the days when it isn't raining. 140 cars are also stolen every day but happily 120 of these are finally recovered.
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- According to LA Weekly, every day every person in LA smokes about four cigarettes (although only 19.7 per cent of the local population are now smokers), drinks at least one cup of coffee, and watches three hours of television. On a monthly basis they go to the movies once or twice and watch about four videos.
- Although each person in LA has around nine credit cards, or perhaps because of it, LA County is top of the US charts when it comes to personal bankruptcies.
- The LA area is the second-largest TV market in the US with nearly 5 million television households. There are four networks, 15 independent and seven public TV stations.
- It is estimated that each week in LA you can watch 391 hours of Spanish language television; 26.5 hours in Chinese; 18 hours in Korean; 15.5 hours in Japanese; 12.5 hours in Persian; but only one hour in German and a mere 30 minutes of French.
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