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Trivia gems from Wikipedia's Burlingame:

Famed California artist Percy Gray lived in B. from 1912 to 1923.
B. is home to The Burlingame Museum of Pez Memorabilia.
B. enacted one of the first comprehensive Noise Elements of the General Plan in the nation.
Scenes from the film Dangerous Minds were filmed on the campus of Burlingame High School in the spring of 1994.
Bill Amend, author of the comic strip FoxTrot, attended Burlingame High School.
Grant Baciocco of Throwing Toasters and The Radio Adventures of Dr. Floyd was born in B.
Charles Howard, owner of Seabiscuit, owned a home in B.
Irving Amstrup, former mayor and city council member, currently resides on Trousdale Drive.

– Written by Fiona

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