Actress Debra Winger helped to perform the voice of E.T. in the movie E.T. The Extra Terrestrial (1982)."

The first automobile race ever seen in the United States was held in Chicago in 1895. The track ran from Chicago to Evanston, Illinois. The winner was J. Frank Duryea, whose average speed was 71/2 miles per hour.

New York City's public school students represent about 188 different countries.

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