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ParmerLane

A photo of the Statue of Liberty in front of NYNY was used for the Statue of Liberty postage stamp, not a photo of the actual Statue of Liberty.


jackhash

if that is true that is excellent trivia.


ParmerLane

It is https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/05/arts/statue-of-liberty-stamp-copyright-las-vegas.html https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Statue_of_Liberty_Forever_stamp


jackhash

well this made my day. thank you.


Sarah8247

Fascinating!!! Thank you! I hope I remember this but I’m sure it’ll be like Jeopardy!


broncoo

“Mr. Davidson argued in the case that his version is “sexier” and more “fresh-faced” than the French gift to America…. Mr. Davidson argued in court that his mother-in-law’s face inspired the Las Vegas sculpture’s design.”


Hot_Professor69

Noice


No-Golf2937

This was taught in a law school class I took.


calumwebb

Why…


MrTheFinn

They didn’t get permission from the sculptor of the Vegas one and he sued the government.


calumwebb

Did he win? Curious if you copy something else, do you own rights to the photo of yours or if it’s something else entirely


kgb4187

In 2013, sculptor Robert S. Davidson sued the Postal Service for copyright infringement[^(\[6\])](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Statue_of_Liberty_Forever_stamp#cite_note-Rein-6) and in July 2018, a judge ordered the [United States Postal Service](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Postal_Service) to pay Davidson $3.5 million.[^(\[7\])](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Statue_of_Liberty_Forever_stamp#cite_note-USNews-7)


YVRBeerFan

Biggest LV win ever


MrTheFinn

He did, check the wiki article linked elsewhere in the replies


kill_the_wise_one

If they had used a picture of the real one, would that have been protected under public domain?


SciGuy013

The US owns the Statue of Liberty, so kinda


NoRutabaga4845

Now that's a total fuckup. Dude probably just pulled it off Google


mddhdn55

Wtf


miramaxe

Now that’s a fun fact


FlowVast5725

I wonder how that photographers lawsuit went.


Aromatic_Hornet5114

The sculptor who made the NYNY statue won $3.5 million from the USPS.


FlowVast5725

lmao somebody dun'goofed real bad. I never heard about the sculptor getting involved. Thx for the update


Pau1basaur

And the artist sued the federal government over its use for compensation and won


joncted

The Sphinx at the Luxor is bigger than the one in Egypt


2M4D

I’ve only recently realised how surprisingly small the OG sphinx is.


Otherwise-Mango2732

The real Eiffel Tower in Paris was built with inferior rivets The Eiffel Tower in Vegas was built using welded panels and beams.


Ill-Maize

Real Eiffel Tower = No casino Vegas Eiffel Tower = Has a casino Marked improvement


Macklemore_hair

Also best public restrooms on the Strip.


YVRBeerFan

Although more people have shat themselves under the LV Eiffel than the legit one. #slots


Macklemore_hair

That always DEPENDS


tiblu3

Ahh I see what you did there


matthsn

No Frenchmen, marked improvement


Babybleu42

The Eiffel Tower restaurant in France has superior food though. IMO anyway.


maibuddha

Gordon Ramsays Steak was pretty good but yeah…. Not that good


HappyTree1975

His foods very good but nothing super fancy. Definitely not worth the prices


ken-davis

The food has actually improved at the LV tower. Just had dinner there a month ago. My 3rd time. I was surprised.


purepacha118

Rivets are stronger than welds.


Gileaders

Nothing wrong with rivets.


industrialbird

Lol right? Because there definitely aren't any other standing US buildings that used rivets /s


geekcop

TBF there *might* have been some minor code changes between two buildings built in different countries and separated by 150 years.


Otherwise-Mango2732

Sure, I'll concede there's an outside chance of that.


Forvalaka

The one in Paris was intended to be a temporary structure to be removed after the World's Fair was over. Rivets are easier to remove.


dispatch00

Excalibur (for the Tournament of Kings) is the number one purchaser of Cornish game hens in the United States. Best I could do for source... https://lasvegassun.com/news/2018/sep/27/tournament-of-kings-excalibur/


Crezelle

It’s like how Pizza Hut used to be the largest consumer of kale, just due to the salad bar garnish


JacoDeLumbre

Who is the biggest in the world though? Who could possibly need more game hens than Excalibur?


GaidinBDJ

The Cornish?


xwhitxwhitx

So crazy to me that every person that eats there gets an entire hen.


parisiraparis

It’s not very big, to be fair.


TheStiffySong

The hen? Or the tournament of Kings?


mister_damage

Yes?


TheAmishPhysicist

Ever notice pigeons are disappearing?


seemerock

It’s small. About half the size of a Costco rotisserie chicken


ComplexActuary

Sheesh. Another example of too big to fail. /s


Substantial_Leek_355

Cornish game hen for you, Cornish game hen for you….


QuyT1

The light on top of the Luxor has its own ecosystem


StorybookDragon

I've been to Vegas a few times and noticed TONS of bugs and bats flying around the light at night


Anaaatomy

it doesn't just guide bugs, the entire city use it for directions at night


YVRBeerFan

Ubers navigate by it


guemando

Planes too


Crezelle

Had a cockroach crawl into bed with me in the tower


JohnCenaJunior

I how you used protection


GaidinBDJ

The Luxor light used to be brighter. NASA requested they turn it down.


HartPlays

As far as I know, at full power it is the single brightest man made light in the world.


Financial-Charity302

When I was in my early 20’s my buddies dad knew a higher up who took us all to the top of the Luxor. It was awesome to get to see the light room! Also where the window washers exit to clean so you could open the panels for a crazy cool view.


Vegetable_Ocelot5613

Water conservation, 99% of the water consumed indoors is recycled.


Crezelle

That’s actually quite pleasant to hear


geekcop

It's the one bright spot in Las Vegas city administration; other cities around the world come here to learn about water conservation. We only get *1.5%* of the water from Lake Mead.. and we don't even use the entire allocation!


YazooMiss

Where’s the rest of the lake going then? (Earnest question).


geekcop

It mostly goes to California and Arizona; the agreements were made in the 1920s when almost nobody lived in Las Vegas and the ratios were set in perpetuity.


YVRBeerFan

Bud light is, anyways


CJSF

Highest concentration of pain and despair in the world, found at LV airport departing flight terminals.


DonPepper007

5am check in for a 7am flight on Sunday morning.. fucking bleak looking crew of folks at the baggage drop.  


nawtch2

Ya- that was me sleeping on the super clean floor.


mavrick86

Yup I’ve slept on the floor of that airport many many times


Macklemore_hair

You’re not kidding. The walk to baggage/ground transportation is so much happier than the walk to the terminals. And each group of people are passing one another in the halls. Heading to the airport Buffaloes to try to turn that last $100 into something.


smudgedbarcode

As a local, I hate the flights home after a long vacation. People are starting their party on the plane. I’m tried and just want to sleep.


Macklemore_hair

I can imagine that hellscape of being trapped on a plane like that.


kgb4187

I live in a small airline market, Allegiant flies to Vegas Thursday and back Sunday so it's 90% the same passengers. The difference in energy on the flights is incredible.


Loggerdon

If you’ve ever flown home to Las Vegas from those mid-west cities on a Friday night on Spirit it’s like a mentally-challenged party.


jstover777

I call it the trailer park in the skies. Flew once to Vegas on Spirit. The two guys behind me were bragging about how they were buying drinks with stolen credit cards, and the lady sitting next to me had no problem being openly racist. Never again.


OpenMindedMajor

Sunday and Monday morning flights out of Vegas are hilarious. People are waaaay quieter lol


hckysand10

I just took this exact flight out of south bend to Vegas over Memorial Day weekend


King_Catfish

You know it's a good spot for a vacation when you're sad you're leaving. 


Waisted-Desert

[WORLD’S LARGEST MECHANICAL NEON SIGN](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vegas_Vic) [WORLD’S LARGEST SLOT MACHINE](https://vegasexperience.com/slotzilla-zip-line/) [WORLD’S LARGEST KENO BOARD](https://www.worldrecordacademy.org/2023/2/worlds-largest-keno-board-world-record-in-las-vegas-nevada-423131) [WORLD’S LARGEST DIGITAL DISPLAY](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sphere_(venue)) ([Top three largest](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_largest_video_screens)) [WORLD’S LARGEST OBSERVATION WHEEL](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferris_wheel) [WORLD’S LARGEST GIFT SHOP](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bonanza_Gift_Shop) [WORLD’S LARGEST CHOCOLATE FOUNTAIN](https://www.worldrecordacademy.org/2023/2/worlds-largest-chocolate-fountain-world-record-in-las-vegas-nevada-423124) [WORLD’S LARGEST PINT GLASS](https://www.worldrecordacademy.org/2023/2/worlds-largest-pint-glass-world-record-in-las-vegas-nevada-423126) [WORLD’S LARGEST BOTTLE OF COKE](https://www.worldrecordacademy.org/2023/2/worlds-largest-coca-cola-bottle-sculpture-world-record-in-las-vegas-nevada-423123) [WORLD'S LARGEST DISPENSARY](https://www.worldrecordacademy.org/2023/3/worlds-largest-dispensary-world-record-in-las-vegas-nevada-423142) [BRIGHTEST PLACE ON EARTH ](https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/47687/las-vegas-at-night)


BiKEhandlebars

“Worlds largest pint glass” is kinda funny


Waisted-Desert

Is very large pint.


VP1

A mega pint?


HuevosDiablos

Like ton vs tonne


treble-n-bass

How many pints is the world's largest pint glass?


lurkker

About tree fiddy


YVRBeerFan

Legit 20oz


rubik1971

It comes in pints?


Mombak

You can have eleven at elevenses.


NeilsErikTheRedd

The pint glass is now home to iHeartRadio in Las Vegas, which resides on the 2nd floor, above Hennessey's.


Primegam

Why did no one tell me about the world's largest Dispo 😭


tedistkrieg

Is that gift shop on Sahara and LV Blvd actually the "worlds largest gift shop"?


bigboxsubscriber

No, Buc-ees giant convienience store/gas station/truck stop/ tex mex fast food court located in Texas is the biggest. There are multiple Buc-ees throughout the Southern U.S, one just opened in Colorado. The Bonanza Gift Shop is a tourist trap and illegal tow operation. Unsuspecting tourists park their car in the parking lot and often the car gets illegally towed while their shopping.


Bartinhoooo

Obersvation wheel should be wrong as it is in dubai


Waisted-Desert

The observation wheel in Dubai is no longer in use. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ain\_Dubai](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ain_Dubai) >In April 2023, the operators announced that the Ain Dubai would remain "closed indefinitely", without any further explanation.


MediocreDot3

You forgot worlds largest bong inside the worlds largest dispensary 


bigboxsubscriber

Las Vegas has the highest suicide rate in North America. Despite the PR, social media vlogers, internet videos- it's still very common for recreational gamblers to lose everything they have in one to a few days in the casinos. This has been made easier by internet banking, PayPal, Venmo, Cash App. It isn't a joke when someone says- those billion dollar casino resorts weren't built with money from winners, but losers.  


todd0x1

I remember noticing all the patches of new carpet in the Luxor


Crezelle

Oh. Ohhhhhh…… I should have figured that layout could make for some very unfortunate situations, and not just vertigo


TheAmishPhysicist

The 60,000 lbs of shrimp per day is mind boggling in and of itself. The logistics to get that much shrimp to Las Vegas everyday AND distributed to the restaurants throughout the city is even more mind boggling.


Business_Owl_69

The amount of food distributed in any large city in a given day is pretty incredible. And the resulting trash.


King_Catfish

My friends dad owned a distribution company in New York. They only had two trucks but the logistics was crazy. 


MidniteOG

And you don’t really even see it. When’s the last time you saw a Sysco or other semi run down the strip?


Fulmersbelly

I’m pretty sure there was a guy who made a shrimp farm near Vegas, and sold almost exclusively to hotels and restaurants in or near the valley and didn’t even have to ship out of Nevada.


DangerWife

It's in North Las Vegas [shrimp farm](https://www.reviewjournal.com/business/north-las-vegas-shrimp-farm-open-for-business/amp/)


MrPuddinJones

My mind thinks "semis carry 80,000 lbs" I think that less than a semi fully loaded with shrimp isn't *that* bad


Crezelle

Refrigerated too?


dispatch00

Venetian/Palazzo is the largest hotel (by room count) in the western hemisphere. If you're not on board with the fact that Sands technically operates them as one resort, MGM Grand is the next largest. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_largest_hotels


Waisted-Desert

MGM Grand is the largest in the world with most rooms in a single building. Venetian is largest in the western hemisphere with most total number of rooms, number 2 world wide. Las Vegas has the most hotel rooms world wide with 154,662 hotel rooms.


King_Catfish

I don't know why but that still doesn't seem like a lot. 


Waisted-Desert

Everyone in Orlando, FL could vacation in Las Vegas at the same time, and we'd still have rooms available.


dcbluestar

So it would take almost 424 years to stay in every room if you got a new room every day. Wow 🤯


skydivinpilot

We have the worlds largest landfill


dispatch00

> worlds largest landfill TIL: Methane gas from the landfill has resulted in generation of an 11-Megawatt power plant that can meet the energy needs of 10,000 households in Southern Nevada.


Its_aTrap

Wait there is a methane gas powered generator in the landfill? That's crazy


dispatch00

Y'all stinky ^/s


elusivenoesis

A lot of machinery runs on natural gas at land fills. Another not so fun fact is all the glass that’s “recycled” is too much of a pain in the ass to sort/separate by color so it’s broken up and used in the layers of the landfill to trap that methane from escaping.


ComplexActuary

I'm not surprised to hear they don't bother recycling. Glass is really not an ideal material to recycle. I don't know why we pretend. It's heavy, cheap to make, and hard to transport and it doesn't do much to harm the environment.


elusivenoesis

The aluminum can is such a better alternative. Glass can be reused but no systems are in place to do so. You can buy say a beer, after consumed and tossed that cans been liquified, plastic liner removed, hardened and stamped into a can and filled, shipped and bought again in as little as 90 days. Plastic is another that’s just not recycled. A #1 bottle could be recycled sure. But then they put a #5 cap on it and no recycling center wants it. Just one example of hundreds that it’s just plain not recycled even after it’s been properly disposed of.


doriotiger

Methany


illforgetsoonenough

Leave OPs mom out of it, how rude


Waisted-Desert

Almost 2.5 times larger than the second place.


elstavon

What everyone thinks of as Las Vegas is not the City of Las Vegas


Apprehensive-Air-210

Paradise thanks you


poutinegalvaude

Ká has the largest indoor pyrotechnic display anywhere in the world


ILoveHorse69

There is no way it was bigger than the rammstein pyrotechnics I saw in the indoor Viking's stadium. Granted, that was a tour and not a permanent installation like Ka.


GaidinBDJ

I think they're the largest moving stage, too. Or the one with the most travel? Something like that.


augswaldo

I once got 60,000 pounds of crabs in a day at the Luxor pool.


JudgeSmailsESQ

I was told, back in the day, that Vegas was the largest consumer of Heineken in the United States. That planes coming from the Netherlands cargo holds were filled with only Heineken. Source: Some guy walking the strip, in 1999, drinking a Heineken.


HartPlays

I mean every single place I’ve been to in Vegas has Heineken available and Heineken is the sponsor of the Grand Prix so it correlates at the very least


N721UF

The national airline of the Netherlands flies here I think daily.


Stoplookinatmeswaan

We are the ONLY state to have gay marriage sanctified in our constitution I don’t have empirical data for this, but I would venture that we have the most vanity plates per capita in the world This one is less of a claim but my dad was a casino executive for a long time from the 70s-90s and he recounted how he and Steve Wynn would charter jets to fly around the city and make deals with the mob so as not to be overheard by the FBI. Surprisingly, we have one of if not the most efficient water recycling systems in the US


Avilola

Most efficient in the US for sure, arguably most efficient in the world.


bigboxsubscriber

Some locals play video poker machines in supermarkets and gas stations during their lunch breaks or after grocery shopping.


Opouly

I’ve never met a local that actually does this but the slot machines are everywhere so it must be true. Or maybe transplants who couldn’t get home and are now haunted by their addiction every time they make any money


ILoveHorse69

This happens here in Illinois. Illinois has more places to gamble than Nevada, or any other state for that matter.


starrsuperfan

I went to Harrisburg, IL for the eclipse. It's exactly the middle of nowhere town you think it is. I counted no less than 10 places with slot machines.


Cinemawon

#1 city for poaching my Oakland teams


MODELO_MAN_LV

It's not like many of us don't wish you would take them back.


holomntn

We didn't need the Traitors anyway


2014justin

Highest amount of DUIs 🧉🚗per square mile . 


derekisademocrat

I'd he willing to bet we have the highest number of In hotel deaths per day.


Crezelle

I’d like to see the comparison done per capita with cruise ships


derekisademocrat

Yeah you have a point


Impossible-Money7801

Nevada is 49th in Education.


deeznughtz

I thought Arizona was 49th. Do we flip flop?


sm00thkillajones

Linda is a hoe.


OneManGangTootToot

That joke is more worn out than Linda herself at this point.


TheStiffySong

Linda is catching her breath right now. She also wanted me to tell everybody "thanks" for our concern and good humor.


matt_rudo

I was at the Lowe's where this kept getting tagged and buying spray paint. I made a comment about how I am painting something at my house and not tagging anything. The girl at the cash register said that they know who it is who is doing this, he always comes in, and described him as a 35ish year old man who is just "sad" and not the brightest person. Not like that would be a surprise describing someone who feels the need to tag this around town.


SharkSmiles1

WE don’t eat it - tourists do.


Sandvicheater

Most hookers per square capita, highest STD infection rates per capita, highest condom purchase rate per capita. /s


YVRBeerFan

More diapers are used at LV slots daily than the whole of Washington State in a month.


Rosetown

There’s absolutely no way that’s even close to true. Washington state has 250,000 kids 3 or under. At an average of 7 per day that’s 1.7M diapers per day, or 52M diapers per month. You honestly believe Las Vegas uses 52M diapers per day at the slots?


doctor-rumack

I'm guessing they meant adult diapers.


brothereuhhhhh

this one is so outta pocket i had no idea


drippyneon

Lmao it's it's not even close to true


ziksy9

The only place you'll find a magician, a rockstar, a gymnast, a casino dealer, and a homeless person having a beer together.


WAwx2

Must be a big statistic on amount of crab legs consumed per month or annually.


Goonlove84

Believe it or not be we also have the most vehicles on the road without headlights at night. ….. I forgot the number but it’s staggering 🥵🤣


ReadAllowedAloud

Worst mass shooting in U.S. history 😢


panphilla

Worst mass shooting in U.S. history *so far*.


StrategyTight6981

Nah, Sandy Hook was the worst.


Character_Move_955

Pretty sure the highest amount of road construction per capita.


davetbison

Most sudden realizations of shellfish allergies?


tommyjohnpauljones

More people work third shift in metro Las Vegas than anywhere else in the US


DangerWife

We have our own shrimp farm [shrimp farm](https://www.reviewjournal.com/business/north-las-vegas-shrimp-farm-open-for-business/amp/)


wave1sys

Las Vegas has more churches per capita than any other city.


aliceinvegasland42

The Mandalay Bay has a giant rooftop solar power grid - I think the largest in North America. They also operate a field of solar panels just outside the city, and (iirc) all the energy MGM properties use is from these solar panels, and sometimes they even loan energy to NvEnergy Also Shark Reef I think has the biggest fish tank in North American as well, the one with all the big sharkies 🥰 I’d also venture to say we’re the farthest of any other US city from going cashless - cash is still king here (despite Resorts World/Allegiant stadium bullsh@&)


morbid_traveler

Lake Mead is the deadliest national park in the US


dsperry95

Most alcohol consumption in the country.


MODELO_MAN_LV

False Source: I work for vegas' largest distributor and we don't come close to a few other cities.


BudKnightLime

Based on what? I feel like a wisconsite has to drink more than the average person from Nevada. I also feel like one of the top cities would outrank Vegas in total consumed. Edit: This is an interesting ranking but not gross volume. Vegas doesn’t match an average number of bars and such per resident which would align more with how much is consumed by local residents. Vegas is #21 Wisconsin holds #1 I’m surprised even us in Colorado have #4 https://vinepair.com/articles/map-cities-that-drink-most/


ReplacementBitter927

You don't have to be at a bar to drink. You can be on a machine, on the street, at a CVS, at a gas station and you can have a drink.


BudKnightLime

Completely agree but I couldn’t find any evidence for pure alcohol sales or anything and I just found that interesting, that’s why I tried to point out it was not gross volume. I just want to know what he’s basing it on - per capita, total, sales, reported, etc. I just couldn’t find anything.


warwickmainxd

Vegas tourists count for an extremely large amount of our alcohol consumption. And an extremely large amount of people physically in the city at any given time. “Wisconsinites vs Vegas (minus their Tourists)” 😂 Also I don’t think drink sales are counted in units. They are probably counted in $. That’s hard to track when tons of the drinks here are comped. Liquor sales reps maybe count in units, they’d be better to ask about this than “alcohol sales” numbers. Locals here prob pay for less than 10% of their total alcohol, and that’s guessing high.


MODELO_MAN_LV

It's easy to track depletion from the distributors point of view.


MODELO_MAN_LV

You are totally right to question it. California is #1 for volume and total sales for both on and off premise and Wisconsin is #1 for daily drinkers per capita


YVRBeerFan

And people travel to Cali but not to Wisconsin


Wazzoo1

Yeah, Off Premise consumption outweighs On Premise 80/20 in many states. Vegas is the outlier where it's practically flipped, but alcohol consumption in Nevada overall isn't crazy. It's just a different business model.


attempting2

Go WISCO!!!


cadaverousbones

I heard that shrimp cocktail was actually invented in Las Vegas.


StrategyTight6981

Is it true y’all have $8 per night hotel/motel rooms?


Crezelle

With a $40+ “ resort fee” yes.


StrategyTight6981

So like fifty per night but they hookin’ and bonkin’ with clever tricks. I see. lol Thanks for the reply


TheBeevin

Minimum of 100+ ZJ’s per hour on any given day..


razblack

i wonder if like 25% of that gets thrown out daily...


MidniteOG

The high roller (Ferris wheel) was planned to be bigger, but being that close to the airport, it had to stop at 550ft. Also, it’s wild to be higher than planes on that thing, not something you’d usually be able to see


skief123

Vegas shits 40,000 pounds of shrimp a day.


kurtisbu12

I have not confirmed, but I have a suspicion that Paradise, Nevada is the Escalator capital of the world.


Efficient-Internal-8

1,200 visitors get Crabs every day.


Kwerawaperi

Most victims on a mass shooting


Windycitybeef_5

Fastest rate of shattered dreams