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    Fast Facts: Jan. 19

    • There are six fictional characters who have stars on Hollywood’s “”Walk of Fame.””
    • The first restaurant to open in Hollywood was the Musso & Frank Grill in 1919.
    • In 1888, Hollywood was founded by Harvey and Daeida Wilcox, who named the city after their summer home in Chicago.
    • The accent that Mike Myers used for the character Shrek came from the accent his mother would use when telling him bedtime stories as a child.

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