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unusual facts about L.A. Lightning



Ashley Riggs

She graduated from St. Mary Catholic Secondary School and was a member of the Durham West Jr. Lightning of the PWHL.

Everybody's Talkin'

It was sampled in 2002 by Paul Oakenfold in "Starry Eyed Surprise", in 2004 by The Go! Team in "Everyone's a V.I.P. to Someone" and in 2007 by Mika in his Live in Cartoon Motion DVD.

Gilbert Sports and Fitness Center

It is the home of the California Lutheran University Kingsmen basketball teams and the L.A. Lightning of the International Basketball League when they begin play in 2008.

Picnic, Lightning

The title poem is a reference to Humbert Humbert's mundane description of his mother's death as described by him in the second chapter of Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov.

Picnic, Lightning is a collection of poetry by Billy Collins, published in 1998.

The Go! Team

The track "The Power Is On" from Thunder, Lightning, Strike was included in "The Pitchfork 500: Our Guide to the Greatest Songs from Punk to Present."


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