Today I Found Out

Today I Found Out

The Fascinating History of the Hollywoodland Sign (2015x60)


Air date: Jul 03, 2015

→Subscribe for new videos every day! http://bit.ly/todayifoundoutsubscribe →Why Do Superheroes Wear Their Underwear on the Outside?: http://bit.ly/1Ow7J0K Never run out of things to say at the water cooler with TodayIFoundOut! Brand new videos 7 days a week! More from Today I Found Out: The Surprising Truth About Cousins and Marriage http://bit.ly/1gPWy7P What Causes “Eye Floaters? http://bit.ly/1HLts2r Why Superheroes Wear Their Underwear On The Outside http://bit.ly/1Ow7J0K In this video: While today the famous Hollywood sign is considered an icon of the town, originally it wasn’t anything so special and had some significant differences to the version we see today. Specifically, in the beginning it read “HOLLYWOODLAND” and was lit with about 4,000, 20 watt light bulbs, which would flash “HOLLY” then “WOOD” then “LAND” then “HOLLYWOODLAND” repeatedly. Want the text version? http://www.todayifoundout.com/index.php/2012/07/the-famous-hollywood-sign-originally-read-hollywoodland-and-was-lit-by-about-4000-light-bulbs-embedded-in-the-letters/ Resources/Further Reading: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0300181450/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=0300181450&linkCode=as2&tag=vicastingcom-20 http://www.npr.org/programs/morning/features/patc/hollywoodsign/index.html http://www.npr.org/programs/morning/features/patc/hollywoodsign/index.html http://www.hollywoodsign.org/the-history-of-the-sign/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hobart_Johnstone_Whitley http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Chandlerhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Chandler http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peg_Entwistle http://hightimes.com/news/dan/3790 http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=Hollywood http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hollywood http://www.fox40.com/videobeta/0965a0bd-9cf2-4ce3-87fe-0aa7ea0b5c4e/News/Father-Hollywood Image Credit (Thank you) http://motel-magazine.com/room/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/Hollywoodland-LD2-e135607842

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