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The internet is full of top 10’s for any topic, useful when searching for informations. One of the Most Famous Streets in the U.S. ? If you are looking to spend a couple thousand dollars on just one or two items or if you just want the opportunity to spot some celebrities, then Rodeo Drive is the place for you. The focal point of Rodeo Drive is just a three block stretch between S. Santa Monica Boulevard and Wilshire Boulevard. Top designer brands like Chanel, Prada, Louis Vuitton, Burberry, Tiffany’s, Lacoste, Giorgio Armani, Gucci and Coach have shops located here. In just this small area there are over 100 boutiques and hotels. If you feel as though you have not gotten your shopping fix once you explore here, there are plenty of more shops on the neighboring Dayton Way, North Beverly Drive and Wilshire street.
One of the Highest Grossing Movies of All Time ? Star Wars, The 1977 hit space movie Star Wars: A New Hope pulled in a remarkable $2,710,800,000 and has had a massive cult following ever since. The movie solidly placed creator and director George Lucas on the map as one of the greatest names in the industry. Star Wars is so popular that it has seen comic books, video and computer games, books and television series created based off of it. This film was nominated for 11 Academy Awards and won 7 of them for Art Direction-Set Direction, Costume Design, Film Editing, Music, Sound, Visual Effects and a Special Achievement Award. Star Wars is often thought to be one of the best science fiction films ever created. There have been a total of 6 Star Wars films and Star Wars Episode VII is set to be released sometime in 2015.
One of the Longest Living Animals ? The oldest known vertebrates on the planet are tortoises and it is not entirely uncommon for one to live into its late 100’s. The oldest unconfirmed tortoise was an Aldabra giant tortoise at the Alipore Zoo in India named Adwaita which many people believe to be around 250 years old. Other famous ancient tortoises include a Galapagos tortoise named Harriet who lived to be 175, a spur-thighed tortoise named Timothy who died at the age of 165 and a Seychelles giant tortoise named Jonathan who is estimated to be 178 years old. A lot of top 10’s at UtopTens.
One of the Tallest Mountains in the World ? Cho Oyu is the sixth highest mountain in the world and stands at about 26,906 feet (8,201meters) high. Like most of the other Himalayan Mountains, it lies between Nepal and China (Tibet). Its name in Tibetan means “Turquoise Goddess”. It was used as a warm up for climbing Mount Everest when people were first exploring the Himalayan Mountains and today it is considered the easiest of al of the “eight-thousander” mountains to climb.