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greatauntoftriplets (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-04-06 07:17 PM Original message |
Post an obscure, but interesting fact about your town. |
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Shine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-04-06 07:25 PM Response to Original message |
1. 75 silent movies and 25 talkies were filmed in my town during the 20's and 30's |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-04-06 07:27 PM Response to Original message |
2. My town was founded by people from and named after a town about 250 East of it |
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thefool_wa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-04-06 07:37 PM Response to Original message |
3. I'm 80% sure this is true |
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BrotherBuzz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-04-06 07:44 PM Response to Original message |
4. Our little town has the oldest continuously run yearly parade in the state of California |
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YankeyMCC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-04-06 07:50 PM Response to Original message |
5. Birth place of Uncle Sam |
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Gormy Cuss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-04-06 07:50 PM Response to Original message |
6. A clue to the Zodiac Killer is visible from nearly every street |
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mdmc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-04-06 08:06 PM Response to Original message |
7. Newburgh, NY (and NOT Edison, NJ) had the first electric street lights |
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Xipe Totec (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-04-06 08:16 PM Response to Original message |
8. George H W Bush was born here. |
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thefool_wa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-04-06 08:17 PM Response to Reply #8 |
9. That sucks |
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Xipe Totec (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-04-06 08:19 PM Response to Reply #9 |
10. Thanks. His house is a stone's throw away |
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thefool_wa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-04-06 08:26 PM Response to Reply #10 |
13. So throw a stone |
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tinfoil tiaras (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-04-06 08:22 PM Response to Original message |
11. My town=an odd mix of far-left liberals (like me) |
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bedpanartist (915 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-04-06 08:23 PM Response to Original message |
12. Robert Pollard drinks here |
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QMPMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-04-06 08:56 PM Response to Original message |
14. It has been told, and I think there are verifiable pictures somewhere.... |
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William Bloode (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-04-06 09:02 PM Response to Original message |
15. My town was mentioned as a big slave market center on an HBO documentary. |
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