These Are Some of Hollywood's Most Iconic Moments

The War Is Over

The day Harry S. Truman announced the war with Japan was over, the whole world celebrated. This scene was in Hollywood, and the crowds gathered to start an impromptu parade. Every actress at the Hollywood canteen got to kiss her fair share of soldiers that day.

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The More You Know

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  • Peanuts grow underground.
  • The first American woman to go to medical school was admitted as a joke. Geneva Medical School thought it was joke when Elizabeth Blackwell applied to attend 1847. She graduated in 1849, started her own practice, and opened an infirmary for the poor.
  • The average golf ball has 336 dimples.
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