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In a Minute with Evan Lovett

My Top 10 Favorite Facts About L.A.

In a Minute with Evan Lovett

Audacy

Society & Culture, Places & Travel

51K Ratings

🗓️ 20 September 2024

⏱️ 63 minutes

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Summary

After 1,500 episodes of L.A. in a Minute and two years of In a Minute w/ Evan Lovett, spending THOUSANDS of hours of research and discovery, I put together a list of my Top 10 Favorite Facts about L.A.

Each episode contains fun nuggets, trivia, and tidbits - but these are my absolute favorite facts: the people, the food, the culture. This is an episode to savor, and to regale your friends with the Best Facts about My Favorite City on the Globe!

Transcript

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0:00.0

Yo, thank you for tuning into another episode in a minute with Evan Lubbocktt coming to you live from the I am

0:14.1

studios in the heart of LA and I'm often asked about my favorite episodes or

0:20.0

the craziest coolest things I've uncovered in my research.

0:24.0

And honestly, I don't do enough self-reflection, let's call it,

0:29.4

on the content, since I'm always creating new episodes,

0:32.3

Ellie in a minute, in a minute with Evan Love

0:33.8

it just like Los Angeles always thinking about the future and what's next instead

0:38.5

of looking backwards and maybe appreciating it a little bit. But a recent episode I just finished had a fact that was so cool, so unique, and honestly it was borderline unbelievable that it inspired this episode.

0:54.8

So I decided to compile a list of my top 10 favorite facts about LA.

1:01.2

And just to give you a taste, I'm going to give you a favorite fact from my friends and our sponsor, Culver City Toyota. I'm serious, check this out.

1:09.6

Did you know that Toyota is technically spelled with a D. TOIO D A, that's right. The founder is

1:19.3

A Chio Toyota with a D, but the word Toyota with a D uses 10 Japanese strokes to write

1:27.6

while Toyota with an 8, I mean uses only 8. An 8 is considered a lucky number in Japanese culture.

1:35.0

So for those reasons, Toyota with a T.

1:39.0

Two T's, if you will, was chosen as the company's name.

1:42.0

How about that next time you look at your Camry, your

1:45.2

Corolla, your Tacoma, your Prius? Because where you're going to want to get those

1:50.0

cars is Culver City, Toyota, favorite used,

1:52.8

favorite pre-owned, and tell George the GM

1:55.9

that LA in a minute set you

1:57.2

and he's gonna give you $500 in dealer cash.

1:59.4

That's Culver City Toyota,

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