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TIL that in 1992, Paramount put a seductive 75-foot cartoon cutout of the character of Holli Would from the movie Cool World on top of the "D" in the Hollywood sign as part of the publicity stunt. Locals protested it as 'sign prostitution' until it was taken down.

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