Dean Jones facts and trivia

Dean Jones is an American actor, best known for his lead role in the Disney movie The Love Bug (1968).

He was born on January 25, 1931 in Decatur, Alabama.

Jones is 6' (1.83 m) tall.

Birth name: Dean Carroll Jones.

Parents: Nolia Elizabeth White and Andrew Guy Jones.

His astrological sign is Aquarius.
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Australia, the facts

• Australia is the largest inhabited island.
• The nation's capital city is Canberra.
• Voting is compulsory in Australia.
• The name Australia is derived from the Latin australis, meaning "southern".
• The Great Barrier Reef of Australia is the longest coral reef in the world, measuring over 2,600 kilometres (1,600 mi).
• Around 24 percent of Australia’s residents were born overseas.
• Australia has a total coastline of  34,218 kilometres (21,262 mi).
• The population in Australia is 22.5 million, with approximately 60% concentrated in and around the mainland state capitals of Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Perth and Adelaide.

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Some facts about actress Rosanna Arquette

• Rosanna Arquette is an American actress, film director and producer.
• In 1982, Arquette earned an Emmy Award nomination for the TV film The Executioner's Song.
• She was born on August 10, 1959 in New York City.
• Astrological sign: Leo
• Parents: Brenda "Mardi" Olivia and Lewis Arquette.
• Arquette's mother died of breast cancer.
• Rosanna Arquette appeared in the TV series The L Word as Cherie Jaffe.
• Rosanna is a vegetarian.

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Wind trivia

• Wind in Earth is caused by differences in pressure.
• Wind direction is reported by the direction from which it originates.
• Aeolus or Eolus was the ruler of the winds in Greek mythology.
• In the tropics the prevailing winds are warm, dry winds.
• The world’s windiest place is George V in Antarctica, where 200 mph (320 km/h) winds are usual.
• The strongest observed winds on a planet in our solar system occur on Neptune and Saturn.
• The solar wind is a stream of charged particles ejected from the upper atmosphere of the Sun.
• The highest wind speed ever measured in a tornado, which is also the highest wind speed ever recorded on Earth, is 301 ± 20 mph (484 ± 32 km/h) in the F5 Bridge Creek-Moore, Oklahoma tornado which killed 36 people.
• Maximum sustained winds in the strongest tropical cyclones (hurricanes) have been estimated at about 195 miles per hour (314 km/h).
• Wind power is the conversion of wind energy into a useful form of energy, such as using wind turbines to make electricity, wind mills for mechanical power, wind pumps for pumping water or drainage, or sails to propel ships.
• Wind is a form of solar energy, created by the irregular heating of the Earth's surface.

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Jayne Brook - facts and trivia

• Jayne Brook is best known for her role as Dr. Diane Grad on the medical drama Chicago Hope.
• Was born on September 16, 1960 in Northbrook, Illinois.
• Brook's height is 5' 8" (1.73 m)
• Birth name: Jane Anderson Brook.
• Her astrological sign is Virgo.
• Jayne Brook is married to actor and director John Terlesky.
• Her debut acting role was in the film Superman IV: The Quest for Peace (1987).
• She starred in the 1990 movie Kindergarten Cop alongside Arnold Schwarzenegger.
• The actress has naturally brown hair and blue eyes.

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Robert James Hoffman III - facts and trivia

• Robert Hoffman has worked as a dancer with Usher, Mýa, Christina Aguilera, Marilyn Manson and Ricky Martin.
• Robert appeared in the 2009 movie Aliens in the Attic as Rickey along side with Ashley Tisdale.
• Was born on September 21, 1980.
• Nickname: Rob
• Birthname: Robert James Hoffman III.
• Rob is an American actor, dancer and choreographer.
• Astrological sign: Virgo.
• Robert is 6' 2" (1.88 m) tall.

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Fifth Avenue facts

1. Fifth Avenue is a famous street in Manhattan, NYC.

2. Fifth Avenue begins at Washington Square and ends at the Harlem River.

3. It is one of the few major streets in Manhattan along which streetcars did not run.

4. Most of the world's luxury boutiques are located on Fifth Avenue.
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