Oh yeah! *slaps forehead* I'll add that.Ricerckt93 wrote:
And, the Philly Cheese Steak.Big McLargehuge wrote:
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
The Declaration Of Independence and U.S. Constitution were drafted here in Independence Hall.
It was the United States of America's first Capital.
The United States Marine Corps was founded here.
And I'm sure there's a lot more that I don't know.
Mmmmmmmmmmm.
My backyard was part of the ugliest, bloodiest and lopsided battle of the Civil War and thats nothing compared to my parents divorce when I was growing up.
ummm.... sharpsburg,MD the antietam battlefield, civil war stuff, um C & O canal .. thats about it
Redding, CT
Daryl Hall and Mark Twain lived here, and Larry Kudlow lives here right now. In fact, I see him at church every Sunday, and he collects the donations.
What a fool. Actually, I have to do it with him quite often.
Daryl Hall and Mark Twain lived here, and Larry Kudlow lives here right now. In fact, I see him at church every Sunday, and he collects the donations.
What a fool. Actually, I have to do it with him quite often.
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"people in ny have a general idea of how to drive. one of the pedals goes forward the other one prevents you from dying"
Elg/Mooses i guess quite common to see germans sneaking around in the woods they are funny germans travel to watch moose
Bike Week / Nascar / Spring break
Tombstone Pizza started in a bar in my hometown (Medford, Wisconsin).
Shrimping, first shot of the Cival War and Reese Witherspoon (drool) now resides here. Me and the other 9,415 stalkers welcome her to our historic city.
Raspberry capital of Canada
The Winnipeg Jets, Cindy Klassen the olympic winning speed skater (also went to my high school), and loads of other shit.
-Tobey Maguire (the spider man guy) grew up in my town/went to my High School (was a good Football player apparently).
-the Oregon Shakespeare Festival, which nearly doubles our towns population (originally 22k)
-the original author of "Uncle John's Bathroom Reader", John Javna himself lives here (good friends with his son personally).
-over 60% of our town does some sort of pot
-the Oregon Shakespeare Festival, which nearly doubles our towns population (originally 22k)
-the original author of "Uncle John's Bathroom Reader", John Javna himself lives here (good friends with his son personally).
-over 60% of our town does some sort of pot
nothing.
edit: nvm, were #1 for meth-amphetamines production in the southeast and in the top 10 in the US.
edit: nvm, were #1 for meth-amphetamines production in the southeast and in the top 10 in the US.
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Birth place of Jazz and Hurricane Katrina.
Africa?Masques wrote:
Birth place of Hurricane Katrina.
Kingston, TN was the state capital of Tennessee for a whole day (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingston%2C_TN). Sadly, it was to screw the Cherokee out of the land. Not something the local-born should be proud of.
Possibly more interesting things happened is nearby towns (still sad, but for different reasons):
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scopes_monkey_trial
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oak_Ridge%2C_Tennessee
Possibly more interesting things happened is nearby towns (still sad, but for different reasons):
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scopes_monkey_trial
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oak_Ridge%2C_Tennessee
john dillinger escaped from our towns jail using a bar of soap that was carved to look like a gun...ps im originally from crown point indiana
bloomington only has drunken college students.
bloomington only has drunken college students.
Cashew Chicken
Brad Pitt
--Springfield Missouri
Brad Pitt
--Springfield Missouri
oh. my. fuck.Schwarzelungen wrote:
john dillinger escaped from our towns jail using a bar of soap that was carved to look like a gun...ps im originally from crown point indiana
bloomington only has drunken college students.
bloomington, wow.
my mom is from mitchell. not, what, 15 minutes from bloomington.
small world.
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A lot of shit.
My hometown Spokane, WA, had a mayor who was a pedophile.
My hometown is the only one in America to ever have a atomic bomb dropped on it.
http://www.historyonair.com/episode_detail/HP001.htm
http://www.historyonair.com/episode_detail/HP001.htm
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79% of the steel used to build the Sydney harbour bridge was exported from my town.
Oh yeah ridley Scott lived nearby and some of the local industrial plants inspired him while making blade runner.
Oh yeah ridley Scott lived nearby and some of the local industrial plants inspired him while making blade runner.
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JFK got shot in the face about a mile from I used to live in Dallas.
"Lebenswerteste Stadt der Welt"
Muenster has been elected to be the town, which is most worth to live in, worldwide
Muenster has been elected to be the town, which is most worth to live in, worldwide
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Sports especially, lots of the Norwegian professional winter sport athletes comes from here, or around here. We got Norways best football team (was Scandinavias best a few years ago also), Rosenborg BK. And some other stuff, but mostly this place is a huge talent provider in lots of sports...