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Did you know
... that the former
fur trading
outpost of
Fort Ross
was the southernmost
Russian
installation in
North America
?
... that the
Pentium
chip
(pictured)
was so named because
Intel
was unable to trademark numbers such as
386, 486, 586
?
... that
Scott McKenzie
's
hippie
anthem
San Francisco (Be Sure to Wear Flowers in Your Hair)
was written by
John Phillips
of
The Mamas & the Papas
to promote the 1967
Monterey Pop Festival
?
... that
BART
and
Amtrak
share the
Richmond rail station
, connecting the Bay Area with
Sacramento
and the
Central Valley
?
February 2007
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