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Ever wonder why there are so many Olive Gardens and Red Lobsters in town ? Orlando is the corporate headquarters of Darden Restaurants , which also runs the Bahama Breeze and Seasons 52 restaurants on International Drive
Even though few people outside of Florida knew where Orlando was before Walt Disney World opened in 1971 , the city of Orlando had been around for more than century before that ; it was incorporated in 1875
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Before there was Disney World , there was also a considerable amount of cattle ranching in Central Florida ; you can still see cattle grazing along certain stretches of the 417 GreeneWay Expressway
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Orlando is home to more than 100 lakes
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Orlando is the county seat of Orange County , Florida , although the vast citrus groves for which the county was named no longer exist
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Although many of Orlando ’ s citizens ( especially the most famous ones ) are originally from somewhere else , there are a few celebrities who were born and raised in Orlando , including Wayne Brady and Delta Burke
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