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Remembering Woodstock, 40 years later

Nicole Cammorata, Boston.com Staff
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BY THE NUMBERS:

The shortest wait time between acts was 40 minutes, there were two births during the festival, fans walked an average of 15 miles after abandoning their cars, and an estimated 250,000 people never made it to the show.

(SOURCE: "Woodstock: Three Days that Rocked the World")

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Daniel Wolf / Boston Globe / File
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(SOURCES: "Barefoot in Babylon: The Creation of the Woodstock Music Festival, 1969," "The Ultimate Encyclopedia of Rock," and "Woodstock: Three Days that Rocked the World.")
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