Weird Facts about Los Angeles

Los Angeles, the city of dreams. Not only is it an amazing place to live, have fun or do business, but it also has weird facts that we would like to share with you. Native to Los Angeles or not, we think you will find these facts weird or funny.

The city’s original name was: El Pueblo de Nuestra Señora Reina de Los Angeles sobre el Rio Porciuncula. (Phew! I am glad we now call it LA)

The wealthiest art institution is the Getty Center, right in Los Angeles.

It is the only city to host the Olympics two times (1932, 1984) and will also be host for the 2028 games.

If you lick a toad in public, you can go to jail. I don’t know if this helps you at all.

There are more cars than people (but you probably guessed this)

Los Angeles has the best nicknames: La La Land, The Big Orange, and Tinseltown.

LA produces a lot of oil.

Los Angeles was once a Mexican city, so you can consider it a binational town.

It is said that it is where the internet was born.

San Francisco and LA are coming closer together due to the San Andreas Fault, which is also the cause of big earthquakes.

Home to creativity, therefore, is called THE CREATIVE CAPITAL OF THE WORLD.

Beverly Hills was first a modest lima bean ranch before becoming a shopping paradise.

An extensive part of the city’s population is bi-national, coming from 140 countries and speaking over 200 different languages.

LAX is considered the second busiest airport in the United States and 4th globally.

More than 80% of the world’s film industry is in LA.