80 Famous

80 Famous

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Clam

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No bivalve does it better.

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Stop Sign

Stop Sign

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Feared and respected by billions.

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Fish

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Famous for inventing being underwater but not drowning.

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Humphrey Bogart

Humphrey Bogart

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Bogie is back, baby!

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Opposable Thumbs

Opposable Thumbs

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We wouldn’t be caught dead with any other thumbs.

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Green Lady

Green Lady

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Too big for normal rooms, big lady lives on the river.

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Money

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Money is considered the most popular way to buy stuff.

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Model T

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Considered the first affordable car and brought drunk-driving fatalities to the middle class.

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Rock

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Everybody’s favorite aggregate of minerals.

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Lotion

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Really popular substance all around.

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Sex

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Practiced by humans and octopuses alike, sex is the most famous form of intercourse known the world over.

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Blue Menace

Blue Menace

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Universally derided creature, proving that sometimes fame isn’t all it’s cracked up to be.

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Benjamin Harrison

Benjamin Harrison

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Famous U.S. president partially responsible for the McKinley Tariff in 1890.

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McKinley Tariff

McKinley Tariff

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Famous tariff partially instituted by President Benjamin Harrison in 1890.

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Harry Potter

Harry Potter

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So famous it’s even a roller coaster.

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Trophy

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There’s nothing more famous than that golden gala bling!

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Famous Amos Cookies

Famous Amos Cookies

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Famous is even in the name. Who are we to argue?

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Guy This Statue Is Of

Guy This Statue Is Of

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Renowned enough that a sculptor was hired to craft his likeness out of marble, the guy this statue is of was likely well-known and revered in his time.

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Islam

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Blows Zoroastrianism out of the water in terms of trending online searches.

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Eileen Myles

Eileen Myles

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You’d have to be a goddamn idiot not to know about famous poet Eileen Myles.

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“Bonk”

“Bonk”

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Very well-known sound with many meanings.

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Socrates

Socrates

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Name a philosopher. Exactly. That’s why we picked Socrates.

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Khaki Pants

Khaki Pants

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If you don’t know about these famous outfit bottoms, you’re missing out!

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Queen Liz

Queen Liz

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It’s lady Liz, titan of the England and related kingdoms.

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Originally thought to be a fad, the staying power of this tragedy is second to none.

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Mason Galkowski

Mason Galkowski

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Wait, you’ve never heard of Mason Galkowski?! Seriously? Mason-fucking-Galkowski?! He’s famous! Everybody knows who Mason Galkowski is! Wow, you are so out of the loop.

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Earth

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One of the most famous planets in the solar system, Earth is well known for its mountains and beaches as well as being the home of notorious gangster Al Capone.

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Couch

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Universally beloved by neophytes and hardcore furniture fans alike, couch has been setting the world on fire for over 100 years and shows no signs of slowing down!

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Italian-American

Italian-American

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One of the best known types of American.

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Stonehenge

Stonehenge

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While we don’t endorse Stonehenge, we acknowledge its fame among many.

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Wind

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Simply everybody is talking about the natural movement of air on the planet’s surface.

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Chamois

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It cleans, it gleans, it puts on sheen! The chamois is America’s hottest cleaning cloth! It seems and scenes and makes a scene! Chamois! It’s great, so great, let’s celebrate! Chamois! Chamois!

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God

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Created leaves, stoats, other things.

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Idi Amin

Idi Amin

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People can be famous for being bad too.

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Femur

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Definitely one of the most famous bones.

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Mia Thompson

Mia Thompson

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The second grader at Lincoln Elementary is probably the coolest girl in her class and her mom even let her get her ears pierced. Watch out!

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Dagger

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Ranked number one in the Guinness Book Of World Records’ most-famous knives.

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The Civil War

The Civil War

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Truly an exquisite bloodbath.

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Smeagol

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Used daily by millions worldwide.

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Puppy

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Happy puppy! Everyone like happy little pup! Kiss kiss kiss.

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CLOONERS

CLOONERS

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One of the top most-famous Cloonerinos at the very least.

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Empire State Building

Empire State Building

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Home of many rooms, light fixtures, and even elevators.

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Famous Patrick

Famous Patrick

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One of the most well known and controversial Patricks around.

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Hiroshima

Hiroshima

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Big kaboom.

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Gretzel

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Das deutsche königswunder! Wie schön und stark!

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Water

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The most famous inorganic, transparent, tasteless, mostly colorless liquid working in the hydrosphere today!

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Vinnie’s Famous Pizza

Vinnie’s Famous Pizza

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It’s not very good, but it has “famous” in the name, so what choice do we have?

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The Moon

The Moon

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Although the Earth is orbited by billions of moons, The Moon separated itself from the pack early on as the only one worth landing astronauts on.

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Triceratops

Triceratops

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Maybe not as famous as it used to be, but still pretty fucking well known.

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Death

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Has had a monopoly on dying since the beginning and shows no sign of letting anything else end life in the future.

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Covid, Zeta Variant

Covid, Zeta Variant

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Check back in a year and tell us we’re wrong.

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Tiananmen Square

Tiananmen Square

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Located on Earth, the most famous human planet.

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Mom

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Famous for being a huge fucking bitch.

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Groundhog

Groundhog

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Hog that controls the weather.

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Grandma’s Sweet Potato Pie

Grandma’s Sweet Potato Pie

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She’ll take the recipe to the grave.

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Human Breasts

Human Breasts

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Of all the milk producers on God’s green earth, this one reigns supreme.

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Paris

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Perhaps the most famous of places!

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Grace Kelly

Grace Kelly

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No list of famous would be complete without this famous.

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Mount Everest

Mount Everest

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You know this one!

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Kelly Olynyk

Kelly Olynyk

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Oh no, who is this! Not famous enough! Get off this list!

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Justin Timberlake

Justin Timberlake

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You love it don’t you? Bask in the famous, let it consume you. Let it fill the hole where a person used to be.

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Tuna

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The belladonna of the canned fish world.

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Sun

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Friend of the moon, but by no means the second fiddle.

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Tongue

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Wouldn’t be a mouth without it.

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Amazon River

Amazon River

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Not showy or ostentatious, just shows up to work every day and does its job of delivering 7,384,400 cubic feet per second of water to the Atlantic Ocean. That’s why it’s the king.

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Book

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If you’re looking to read, you can’t beat book!

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Turtle

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Don’t let the unassuming shell fool you, this reptile is a star.

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Adolf Hitler

Adolf Hitler

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Sorry to be such a bummer, but there’s no denying that—look, it’s not like we’re happy he’s on this list. We didn’t ask for this idiot, we didn’t search for this photo with a stupid fucking grin on our face. So blame history, blame the human capacity for evil and madness, but don’t blame us.

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Rock Brothers

Rock Brothers

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Famous siamese quadruplets fused at the spine.

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Turkey Club Combo

Turkey Club Combo

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There’s a reason this guy is the number-one special.

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Intellectual Property #42,183,382

Intellectual Property #42,183,382

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Likely in most cases to provide a neural firing of recognition.

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Scorp

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Who doesn’t go absolutely nutty for the distinctive chlorine taste of scorp?

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Muhammad Ali

Muhammad Ali

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Hands down the world’s most celebrated shirtless man.

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Flower

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Long considered the most gorgeous item of the outdoors.

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NJT

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Dominated the top score in the Donkey Kong Jr. game at Funtime Arcade in Lowell, MA from November 1982 to July 1985.

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Mallard

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Cannot walk down the street without being hounded by fans.

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The Number 6

The Number 6

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What’s not to love?

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The Humble Egg

The Humble Egg

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Scrambled, poached, fried, or boiled, there’s no bigger celebrity than this female reproductive cell.

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Red

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Among the most vaunted options on the classic visible spectrum, red has the colorblind absolutely howling with jealousy.

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JFK

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Should have worn a helmet.

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