{"id":3189,"date":"2016-11-02T13:21:58","date_gmt":"2016-11-02T20:21:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/turo.com\/blog\/?p=3189"},"modified":"2016-11-02T13:21:58","modified_gmt":"2016-11-02T20:21:58","slug":"8-things-you-didnt-know-came-from-cleveland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/turo.com\/blog\/news\/8-things-you-didnt-know-came-from-cleveland\/","title":{"rendered":"8 things you didn\u2019t know came from Cleveland"},"content":{"rendered":"

Game 7 is on! The Cubs<\/a> dug themselves out of an unlikely deficit at Cleveland last night, sealing the deal with a historic grand slam (the first one in a World Series in over a decade), so tonight is the night of reckoning. <\/span><\/p>\n

It\u2019s going to be a battle for hometown hero pride \u2014 both teams haven\u2019t won the Series in many fans\u2019 lifetimes (the Indians\u2019 last victory was in 1948, the Cubs\u2019, 1908). Hemingway forecasted the Indians\u2019 formidableness in his classic \u201cThe Old Man and the Sea\u201d (1958), saying, \u201c\u2018The Yankees cannot lose.\u2019 \u2018But I fear the Indians of Cleveland.\u2019\u201d, perhaps foreshadowing their victory, 58 years later. Or maybe not. Only time will tell.<\/span><\/p>\n

So in all fairness to the almost-as-victory-starved-as-the-Cubs Cleveland Indians, here are the best things to come out of Cleveland in the last 68 years.<\/span><\/p>\n

FIRST SUCCESSFUL SIAMESE TWIN SEPARATION (1952)<\/span><\/h4>\n

According to the Guinness Book of World Records, the first separation of conjoined twins was performed at Mount Sinai in Cleveland. #themoreyouknow<\/span><\/p>\n

TOM HANKS (1956)<\/span><\/h4>\n

Dubbed \u201cAmerica\u2019s dad\u201d, this cultural gem of a man began his acting career with the Great Lakes Shakespeare Festival, winning the Cleveland Critics Circle award in \u201878.<\/span><\/p>\n

HALLE BERRY (1966)<\/span><\/h4>\n

This ageless beauty spent her early days in Cleveland, before becoming the first African American female Oscar winner for \u201cMonster\u2019s Ball\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n

THE ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME (1983\/1995*)<\/span><\/h4>\n

THE tourist destination in the \u201cRock and Roll Capital of the World\u201d, Cleveland was chosen as the home of the Hall of Fame to honor local DJ, Alan Freed, who coined the term \u201crock and roll\u201d in 1953. Fun fact: the building was designed by I.M. Pei, the same architect who designed the glass pyramid at the Louvre. <\/span><\/p>\n

CALVIN & HOBBES (1985\u20131995)<\/span><\/h4>\n

The classic American comic strip was set in a suburb of Cleveland, inspired by author Bill Watterson\u2019s own upbringing in Chagrin Falls.<\/span><\/p>\n

MAJOR LEAGUE (1989)<\/span><\/h4>\n

One of the Indians\u2019 biggest splashes in pop culture, \u201cMajor League\u201d is a cult classic of American cinema, as well as a breakout role for now-notorious bad boy Charlie Sheen.<\/span><\/p>\n

THE DREW CAREY SHOW (1995\u20132004)<\/span><\/h4>\n

Before he filled Bob Barker\u2019s shoes on \u201cThe Price Is Right\u201d, Drew Carey\u2019s eponymous sitcom put Cleveland on the map, especially with the obnoxiously catchy theme song, \u201cCleveland Rocks\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n

LEBRON & THE CAVS (2003\u20132010; 2014\u2013present)<\/span><\/h4>\n

Oh, Lebron. As a Warriors fan, I kinda just can\u2019t, but no one can deny the magic that this Akron native has brought to the title-holding Cavaliers.<\/span><\/p>\n

*The organization was founded in 1983, but the museum in Cleveland didn’t open until 1995\u2014a year after the inaugural season of the Indians’ home field, Progressive Field.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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