1. A person from Las Vegas is called a "Las Vegan."
2. Most of Las Vegas' iconic hotels and even its famous welcome sign aren't technically located in the city of Las Vegas. They are in an unincorporated township called Paradise, Nevada.
3. The average visitor to Las Vegas gambles US$447.
4. About 300 couples marry in Las Vegas every day.
5. Atomic bomb tests were a major tourist attraction in Las Vegas during the 1950s.
6. The postage stamp of The Statue of Liberty depicts not the real statue in New York, but the replica in Las Vegas.
7. Las Vegas is home to 17 of the 20 largest hotels in the U.S.
8. In the 1950s, Las Vegas crowned a Miss Atomic Bomb.
9. The "Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas" sign was created in 1959.
10. Frank Sinatra and the Rat Pack are widely credited with helping end segregation in Las Vegas, by refusing to perform in venues that wouldn't allow blacks.
11. There is a section of the Berlin Wall in the men's bathroom of the Main Street Station casino in Las Vegas.
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