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We
stopped both in Fallon, NV and Colby, KS. Fallon Colby
was one of the main characters in the endless TV-series
"Dynasty", which, by the way, took place in
Denver, CO.
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Roswell,
NM is the hometown of several stars including Demi Moore
and the late John Denver.
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Despite
the poor story "Twister" became quite a hit.
It grossed $242m in USA alone.
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In
1996 Michael Jordan was voted MVP for the fourth time.
He went on to claim two more MVPs before retiring after
the 1997/98 season.
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The
plane we saw over Kansas on June 4, an F-117A Nighthawk,
belonged to the 49th Fighter Wing stationed at Holloman
Air Force Base, New Mexico. Only 59 planes of this type
have been produced.
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Entry
to the showing of "Mission: Impossible" in Century
Cinema, Palo Alto cost $7.50.
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Niels'
parents thought their son had developed a gambling addiction
when they noticed that $261 had been withdrawn in Las
Vegas.
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Route
66 was officially assigned its name in 1926. It was part
of the primary road system to California until 1984 when
the last piece of Interstate 40 was completed.
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Including
North Carolina we visited 20 states with a collected population
of 132m (1996 estimate) spread out on an area of 1.6m
square miles with California being the most populous state
(33m), while Nevada managed 1.7m. Texas was the largest
state (262,000 sq. mi.) and South Carolina was the smallest
(30,000) one. Illinois had the highest population density
(213 per sq. mi.). New Mexico only managed 14 per sq.
mi.
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Travel
expenses
Movie review: Twister
Movie review: Mission: Impossible
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