40th Anniversary facts
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At a screening of the 40th anniversary of “Taxi Driver”, Robert De Niro revealed that for 40 years people quote his famous "You talkin' to me?" line back to him every day. Before the movie started, he had the audience say the line so it was out of everyone's systems. Some said it anyway.
More than 1 billion people were celebrating Earth Day by 2010, which was Earth Day's 40th anniversary. More than 180 countries celebrated, and Facebook has become a popular tool to spread the word.
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Gladioli are used for the preparation of various bouquets, especially those intended for the celebration of the 40th wedding anniversary.
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Each member of Queen has a damselfly named after him: Heteragrion freddiemercuryi, H. brianmayi, H. rogertaylori, and H. johndeaconi. Naming four new species after members of the band was done to pay tribute to the 40th anniversary of the band's founding.
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About then 60 year old Herbert Stein who on the 40th anniversary of the D-Day landing, recreated his climb up Point du Hoc beating all of the active duty Rangers who accompanied him
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McDonalds opened a Big Mac museum in Pennsylvania to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the Big Mac.
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NBC was able to successfully remove from the internet Eddie Murphy's awkward moment at the end of his SNL 40th anniversary appearance.
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For the 40th anniversary of the Boy Scouts of America, over 200 copper Statue of Liberty replicas were erected in 39 states.
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Buzz Aldrin teamed up with Snoop Dogg, Quincy Jones, Talib Kweli, and Soulja Boy to create the rap single and video, "Rocket Experience" to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the first lunar landing.
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Dawn of the Dead is celebrating its 40th anniversary of the domestic release. It was released on April 20, 1979, seven months after it was released in Italy.
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Mayor Gavin Newsom officially declared February 23, 2007 to be "Colt Studio Day" on the famous gay porn studio's 40th anniversary, causing Bill O’Reilly to proclaim San Francisco "the nation’s Sodom and Gomorrah".
