In case you were wondering

Since I'll be spending the next little while in Cleveland, I thought I should inform everyone what I've learned since Wednesday.

CLEVELAND FACTS:

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• City seal:

• mayor-Frank G. Jackson

• residents are called "clevelanders"
• Nicknames-the forest city
• Famous Clevelanders-Halle Berry, Drew Carey, Dorothy Dandridge (first African American to be nominated for best actress for the academy award), Phil Donahue, Margaret Hamilton (played wicked witch of the west), Langston Hughes, Don King, Toni Morrison, Paul Newman, Charles Oakley and John D. Rockefeller
• Named for General Moses Cleveland when founded on July 22, 1796; declared a city in 1836.
• Home of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame & Museum

• Record high 104; record low -20. July is the warmest month with a mean temperature of 71.9 and January, with a mean temperature of 25.7 is the coldest. Normal yearly precipitation is 38.7 inches.
• A Christmas Story was filmed here.

• Home of the Indians, Browns, Cavaliers.

• Named the "most tortured sports city" in 2004.
• Area: 82.4 sq mi
  
• Elevation: 623 feet
• Population (in 2000): 478, 403
• Time Zone: (EST) Eastern Standard Time
• Area Code: 216
• Click here for the City of Cleveland's website
  

oh, and by the way, CLEVELAND ROCKS!