
80 Famous
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Clam

No bivalve does it better.
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Stop Sign

Feared and respected by billions.
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Fish

Famous for inventing being underwater but not drowning.
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Humphrey Bogart

Bogie is back, baby!
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Opposable Thumbs

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

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

Money is considered the most popular way to buy stuff.
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Model T

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

Everybody’s favorite aggregate of minerals.
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Lotion

Really popular substance all around.
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Sex

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

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

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

Famous tariff partially instituted by President Benjamin Harrison in 1890.
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Harry Potter

So famous it’s even a roller coaster.
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Trophy

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

Famous is even in the name. Who are we to argue?
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Guy This Statue Is Of

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

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

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

Very well-known sound with many meanings.
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Socrates

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

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

It’s lady Liz, titan of the England and related kingdoms.
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9/11

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

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

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

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

One of the best known types of American.
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Stonehenge

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

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

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

Created leaves, stoats, other things.
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Idi Amin

People can be famous for being bad too.
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Femur

Definitely one of the most famous bones.
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Mia Thompson

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

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

Truly an exquisite bloodbath.
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Smeagol

Used daily by millions worldwide.
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Puppy

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

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

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

One of the most well known and controversial Patricks around.
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Hiroshima

Big kaboom.
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Gretzel

Das deutsche königswunder! Wie schön und stark!
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Water

The most famous inorganic, transparent, tasteless, mostly colorless liquid working in the hydrosphere today!
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Vinnie’s Famous Pizza

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

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

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

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

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

Located on Earth, the most famous human planet.
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Mom

Famous for being a huge fucking bitch.
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Groundhog

Hog that controls the weather.
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Grandma’s Sweet Potato Pie

She’ll take the recipe to the grave.
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Human Breasts

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

Perhaps the most famous of places!
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Grace Kelly

No list of famous would be complete without this famous.
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Mount Everest

You know this one!
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Kelly Olynyk

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

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

The belladonna of the canned fish world.
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Sun

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

Wouldn’t be a mouth without it.
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Amazon River

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

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

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

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

Famous siamese quadruplets fused at the spine.
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Turkey Club Combo

There’s a reason this guy is the number-one special.
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Intellectual Property #42,183,382

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

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

Hands down the world’s most celebrated shirtless man.
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Flower

Long considered the most gorgeous item of the outdoors.
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NJT

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

Cannot walk down the street without being hounded by fans.
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The Number 6

What’s not to love?
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The Humble Egg

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

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

Should have worn a helmet.
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