10 Things You Didn't Know Newtown, CT Gave You

Newtown, CT is infamous for the tragic events that occurred on 12/14/12. There is so much more to the community than one tragedy.

1. The Hunger Games

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Author of the Hunger Games saga Suzanne Collins is a resident of Newtown

2. ROBOTS!!!

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Newtown resident Joseph F. Engelberger holds the first patent for industrial robotics. He is referred to as the "Father of Robotics."

3. Author Steven Kellogg

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4. Scrabble

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Scrabble was developed in Newtown by James Brunot.

5. SLEEPERS

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The movie Sleepers starring Brad Pitt, Kevin Bacon, Robert De Niro, and Dustin Hoffman was filmed at Fairfield Hills, a closed mental health hospital in Newtown.

6. Car Tires

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Charles Goodyear was born in Newtown and later developed a process to vulcanize rubber making it durable enough to allow your car to ride on it.

7. George Washington's Presidency / America

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This one is a bit of a stretch... But, camps number 10 and 41 of General Rochambeau's Army were in Newtown. (He was the French guy who came and "rescued" George Washington's Army in the Revolutionary war.)

8. The "sane" guy on Keeping up with the Kardashians

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Bruce Jenner, The Olympian and reality TV star is the pride of Newtown High School. -His records still hang in the gym

9. TOP GUN

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Actor Anthony Edwards resides in Sandy Hook. You may know him better as "Goose" From Top Gun.

10. The Magic School Bus

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Author Joanna Cole and illustrator Bruce Degen hail from Newtown.