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...that Wheeling Creek (pictured) in West Virginia flows into the Ohio River a short distance downstream of a different Wheeling Creek in Ohio, on the opposite bank?

...that the Warren County Canal was a twenty-mile long canal in Ohio that linked Lebanon to the Miami and Erie Canal, which operated only eight unprofitable years?

...that Ohio's College Township was given by Congress for the benefit of Miami University?

...that the first railroad steam locomotive built by Rogers Locomotive and Machine Works was also the first locomotive to operate in the U.S. state of Ohio?

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...that John Baldwin (pictured) named the city of Berea, Ohio after a verse in the Bible, and was only granted the naming rights after a coin flip?

...that the Toledo, Ohio native football player Jim Detwiler refused a recruiting trip invitation to Ohio State prompting a tonguelashing from Woody Hayes for disloyalty to Ohio?

...that although Ohio State Buckeye Archie Griffin defended the Heisman Trophy in 1975, Michigan Wolverines football player Gordon Bell won the 1975 Big Ten rushing championship?

...that Public Square in Cleveland, Ohio became lit with electric street lights as early as 1879?

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...that the anchorages for the Lane Avenue Bridge (pictured) in Columbus, Ohio are two of the largest single pieces of steel ever to be galvanized?

...that the United States National Weather Service's StormReady program has been credited with saving the lives of more than 50 movie-goers in Van Wert County, Ohio in 2002?

...that Gordon K. Bush Airport was built to serve Ohio University and serves as the base for its department of aviation?

...that the Springboro Star Press is a weekly newspaper in southwestern Ohio published since 1976?

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...that it took an act of the Ohio General Assembly in 1894 to settle a property dispute regarding the Pennsylvania Company's use of the state-owned Walhonding Canal (pictured) lands for one of its railroads?
...that a Knox County, Ohio, tradition credits members of the Snowden Family Band with writing the song "Dixie"?
...that Ohio State linebacker James Laurinaitis, the son of professional wrestler Road Warrior Animal, is the first Buckeyes scholarship football player from Minnesota since 1933?
...that Providence, Ohio became a ghost town in the mid-nineteenth century after suffering both a catastrophic fire and a cholera epidemic?

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...that the Society for Savings Building (pictured), a high-rise building in Cleveland, is widely considered to be the first modern skyscraper in the state of Ohio?

...that Stanfield Wells was the first of more than ten All-American football players from Washington High School in Massillon, Ohio?

...that Mount Rumpke is a landfill, that at 1,045 feet above sea level, it is the second highest point in Ohio?

...that the British General John Reid, second in command in Henry Bouquet's expedition against the western and Ohio Indians, was also a proficient flute-player and a musical composer?

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...that Neville Miller is remembered as Louisville, Kentucky's "flood mayor" for his strong leadership during the Ohio River flood of 1937?
...that during the Hardin County onion pickers strike in 1934, anti-union vigilantes seized control of the town of McGuffey, Ohio, for a day?
...that the Auto-Lite Strike culminated in the "Battle of Toledo," a five-day melee between 6,000 striking workers and 1,300 members of the Ohio National Guard that left two dead and more than 200 injured?
...that the economy of Ohio includes the world's largest plants for processing yogurt, soup, ketchup and frozen pizza?

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...that there has been a long history of activism at Ohio Wesleyan University (protest pictured), endorsed by the inaugural address of its first president?

...that Scott Shafer, hired in January 2008 as the Michigan Wolverines defensive coordinator, started in football as a high school and college quarterback in Ohio?

...that the Playhouse Square Center, in downtown Cleveland, Ohio, is the second largest theater complex in the United States?

...that the anchorages for the Lane Avenue Bridge in Columbus, Ohio are two of the largest single pieces of steel ever to be galvanized?

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... that Ohio Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner has mandated a return to paper ballots after an extensive study as well as an experience with failing direct-recording electronic voting machines?
... that Court Avenue, Ohio,(pictured) was the first street in the United States to be paved with concrete?
... that musician Bruce Conforth was the first curator at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland, Ohio?

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... that the National Cartoon Museum wandered between four homes before its acquisition by Ohio State University?
... that there are more than 1,200 historical markers(pictured) in Ohio?
... that "Woolwick" was a fictional name for Kent, Ohio in the writing of Lucien Price?
... that while in service as a troop transport after World War I, SS Ohioan carried two American recipients of the French Croix de Guerre, one of which was a homing pigeon?

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... that during the 30 Rock episode "Cleveland", scenes set in Cleveland, Ohio were actually filmed in Battery Park City in Manhattan?
... that a picture of Cincinnati Reds pitcher Lee Grissom rowing a boat inside Crosley Field ran nationwide after the worst flood in the city's history?
... that petitions called for the firing of Ohio State athletic director Dick Larkins when he hired little-known football coach Woody Hayes in 1951 instead of Paul Brown?
... that the Cleveland Indians traded Bob Allen to the Pittsburgh Pirates in December 1963, only to take him back four months later?

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... that Santo Alcala’s age of 23 in 1976 made him the second youngest player on an aging Cincinnati Reds baseball team?
... that Daniel Page, the second mayor of St. Louis, Missouri, helped finance the construction of the Ohio and Mississippi Railroad?
... that Major League Baseballer Willis Roberts signed as a free agent to play with the Cincinnati Reds on the same day he was released by the Detroit Tigers?
... that Riverside Drive Historic District in Covington, Kentucky marks where the first white settlers in the Cincinnati area lived?

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... that Price Hill is one of the oldest outlying settlements of Cincinnati, Ohio?
... that Pete Young declined to sign with the Cincinnati Reds after being selected in the 1986 minor league baseball draft, but signed with the Montreal Expos three years later?
- ...that Dory Dean of the 1876 Cincinnati Reds was the first pitcher to include turning his back to the hitter in his delivery before pitching the ball?
... that Ohio State Treasurer Richard Cordray is a five-time undefeated Jeopardy! champion and carried the Olympic Torch in 1996?

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... that the Ohio Solicitor General is appointed by the Ohio Attorney General to handle the office's U.S. Supreme Court, Ohio Supreme Court and 6th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals appellate work?
... that Milwaukee Brewers starting pitcher Steve Woodard received a no-decision when a 2000 game against the Cincinnati Reds was called due to rain, making it the first Opening Day tie game since 1965?
... that former Ohio House of Representatives minority whip and current U.S. House candidate Steve Driehaus coordinated the largest U.S. professional exchange program with the "new" South Africa?
... that Abram S. Piatt was an American Zouave colonel and Civil War general who later built a castle in Logan County, Ohio?

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...that Washington Senators outfielder Elmer Gedeon, who pulled a crew member from a burning wreck, died while piloting a B-26 bomber over France?
... that until his death in 1927, James C. Donnell was the last man to call John D. Rockefeller simply "John"?
... that in 2007 the Kenyon Athletic Center was surrounded by Knox County residents to "form a shield of protection" in preparation for a Billy Graham Evangelistic Association event?
... that U.S. President Rutherford B. Hayes considered the founding of Ohio State University one of his two greatest achievements?

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... that Benjamin Hanford ran as the Socialist Party of America candidate for Vice President of the United States in 1904 and 1908?
... that photographer Karl Bissinger took his first test photos with cameras and a studio loaned to him by Richard Avedon?
...that the first act of Paul John Hallinan as Archbishop of Atlanta, an office he assumed in 1962, was to order the desegregation of all Catholic schools and institutions in the Archdiocese of Atlanta?
... that although Chuck Daly is a Basketball Hall of Famer now, when he served as head coach of the Cleveland Cavaliers he had a 9–32 record and was fired mid-season?

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... that Worthy Streator never set foot in the city of Streator, Illinois, the town named for him, even though it was founded 36 years before his death?
... that Ohio Territorial Governor Charles Willing Byrd once worked for American Revolutionary War financier Robert Morris?
... that the first head coach of Cleveland Browns, Paul Brown (pictured), coached the team for 17 complete seasons?
... that American general Robert S. Beightler was the only World War II National Guard general to have commanded his division for the length of the war?

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... that after Frederick Gottwald lost his position as director of the Cleveland Institute of Art, he got into a fistfight with his successor?
... that former Ohio House of Representatives minority whip and current U.S. House candidate Steve Driehaus coordinated the largest U.S. professional exchange program with the "new" South Africa?
... that John Fuller, who led a Union Army division at the Battle of Atlanta and participated in Sherman's March to the Sea, was one of the few foreign-born generals in the American Civil War?
... that Van Buren State Park in Ohio has family, large group, and equestrian camping areas, the latter with manure bins and picket lines?

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... that 1949 Michigan football MVP Dick Kempthorn later flew more than 100 missions as a jet fighter pilot in the Korean War and received the Distinguished Flying Cross?
... that Francis A. Chenoweth served as speaker of both the Oregon House of Representatives and the Washington House of Representatives?
... that John W. Lambert (pictured) in 1891 made the first U.S. car for sale as well as Union cars and Lambert cars using his gasoline engines and gearless transmissions for the Union car company and Lambert car company as subsidiaries of the Buckeye Manufacturing Company?
... that U.S. President Rutherford B. Hayes considered the founding of Ohio State University one of his two greatest achievements?

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Aerial view of the National Museum of the United States Air Force

... that the land that became Quail Hollow State Park was owned by only two families between 1820 and its sale to Ohio as a park in 1975?
... that after being kidnapped by Shawnees and adopted by a Mingo chief, Jonathan Alder became the first white settler of Madison County, Ohio?
... that the Dayton Ballet is the second oldest ballet company in the United States?
... that the National Museum of the United States Air Force (pictured) is the largest and oldest military aviation museum in the United States?

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... that the airplane was invented by the Wright Brothers from Dayton, Ohio?
... that Key Tower in Cleveland is the tallest building in Ohio?
... that Sinclair Community College is the largest single campus community college in Ohio?
... that on November 29, 1964, Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. delivered a speech to more than 6,200 people at the University of Dayton campus?

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... that the 1944 Appalachians tornado outbreak was the worst tornado outbreak in the history of West Virginia?
... that American League MVP and Cleveland Indians baseball manager Lou Boudreau hit two home runs in the 1948 American League tie-breaker game to bring the Indians to the 1948 World Series?
... that even though the 1952 steel strike lasted 53 days and cost the U.S. $4 billion in lost economic output, it was settled on nearly the same terms offered by the union at the strike's beginning?
... that quarterback Jack Crabtree of the Oregon Ducks football team was named Most Valuable Player of the 1958 Rose Bowl even though his team lost the game?

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... that the 2001 GMAC Bowl set a record as the highest-scoring bowl game in college football history even before it went into overtime?
... that the lake in Adams Lake State Park was built as a water source for West Union, Ohio, and became the focus of the new park in 1950, when a new water source was developed?
... that the house (pictured) used in the 1983 film A Christmas Story was auctioned online for $150,000?
... that Abercrombie & Fitch was founded in 1892 and originally sold hunting, camping and fishing gear?

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... that Alene B. Duerk, head of the Navy Nurse Corps, was the first woman in the U.S. Navy to be promoted to the rank of Rear Admiral?
... that Alum Creek in Alum Creek State Park (pictured) in Ohio was a major path on the Underground Railroad?
... that Maltese-born Anthony Perici, a veteran of the British Royal Navy, served as the first full-time mayor of Twinsburg, Ohio?
... that Antwone Fisher was born in a woman's prison in which his mother was incarcerated?

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... that illustrator Blair Lent and author Arlene Mosel collaborated on Tikki Tikki Tembo, called one of the 50 best children's books of the preceding 50 years by The New York Times in 1997?
... that in his Major League Baseball debut on July 30, 1961, pitcher Art Mahaffey gave up two singles but picked off each of those baserunners at first base?
... that the Ashtabula Harbor Light in Lake Erie was encased in ice by a storm in 1928, trapping its keepers inside for two days?
... that Augustus Kountze went on to establish a banking institution with branches in Omaha, Denver and New York City?

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... that mountaineer Barry Bishop, a member of the first American team to summit Mount Everest, lost all his toes to frostbite during the ascent?
... that Beaver Creek State Park in Ohio, United States, is home to both Little Beaver Creek, a National Scenic River, and a restored 1837 mill?
... that Union Army Paymaster General Benjamin Brice changed the recruitment of deputy paymasters from being political nominees to ones who passed examinations?
... that General Benjamin Tupper's horse was killed under him at the Battle of Monmouth during the American Revolutionary War?

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... that University of Michigan gymnast Beth Wymer won three consecutive NCAA championships in the uneven bars and was a first-team All-American in the all-around and balance beam?
... that in his mid-career, the American blues and boogie-woogie pianist, Big Joe Duskin, had not touched a keyboard for sixteen years as a promise to his father who thought he played the devil's music?
... that American modern dancer and choreographer Bill Cratty quit his tap dance lessons as a child because his two brothers teased him, and he didn't dance again until high school?
... that Bill Orwig hired Bob Knight as basketball coach at Indiana and has been inducted into the athletic halls of fame at three universities — Indiana, Michigan and Toledo?

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... that comedian Bill Saluga is the man behind the character Ray Jay Johnson, who is known for the catchphrase "You can call me Ray, you can call me Jay"?
... that, after eluding capture for three months when his B-25 bomber was shot down behind enemy lines in World War II, Bob Chappuis was the MVP of the Rose Bowl 60 years ago?
... that University of Michigan track team captain Bob Osgood set a world record in the 120-yard (110 m) high hurdles in a "driving rain" that turned the track at Ferry Field into "a miniature lake"?
... that, in his first season as a baseball player, Brian Barber's age of 22 was the youngest on an aging St. Louis Cardinals team?

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... that Ohio teenager Vicki Lynne Cole held up a sign which she hadn't read saying "Bring Us Together Again" at a 1968 Nixon rally, and the candidate later mentioned it in his victory speech?
... that Buck Creek State Park in Ohio contains a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers dam and reservoir, an early 19th-century homestead, and patches of original prairie?
... that the Buckeye (pictured) is the only U.S. breed of chicken known to have been created by a woman?
... that in 1885, Bug Holliday became the first baseball player to make his Major League debut in post-season play?

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... that Butch Hartman, the first rookie to lead a Daytona 500, later won five championships in a rival stock car racing series?
... that Omaha pioneer real estate agent Byron Reed was one of the greatest collectors of the 19th century, with a collection currently valued at almost $8,000,000?
... that Caesars Creek State Park has 7,900 acres (32 km²) centered around a 2,800-acre (11 km²) lake created by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers?
... that Cas Myslinski worked in a foundry before attending high school, and turned down a scholarship offer from Columbia University in order to attend West Point?

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... that the walls of the Catholic church in Cassella, Ohio, which burned in an 1888 fire, remained unrepaired for nearly thirty years?
... that retired Major General Charles D. Metcalf is the current Director of the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force, the world’s oldest and largest military aviation museum?
... that the Charles H. Bigelow House, in Findlay, Ohio, appeared on David Copperfield's The Magic of David Copperfield XVI: Unexplained Forces as the Barclay House?
... that Charles J. Bates was instrumental in developing high-fructose corn syrup for use by Coca-Cola in their soft drinks while he was with American Maize Products in the 1970s?

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... that, unlike corporate creations Betty Crocker and Ronald McDonald, food-brand icon Chef Boyardee was real?
... that the Christopher Walker Farm was a center for hog raising in western Ohio?
... that Admiral Clarence S. Williams, commander in chief of the U.S. Asiatic Fleet, directed a 1926 military intervention to protect foreign nationals in Shanghai at the start of the Chinese Civil War?
... that Clement O. Miniger, founder of the Electric Auto-Lite Company, lost $5 million in 1931 due to the economic effects of the Great Depression?

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... that Cliff Friend co-wrote "The Merry-Go-Round Broke Down", the theme tune of the Looney Tunes cartoon series?
... that Colt Wynn won his first bodybuilding tournament as a wheelchair athlete less than three years after breaking his back in an accident?
... that Corey Allen fought James Dean and cut him with a knife during filming of Rebel Without A Cause?
... that William Smalley, the first settler in the area of Cowan Lake State Park in Ohio, was held captive by the Lenape twice, for a total of 6 years and 7 months?

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... that American country musician Cowboy Copas's private plane crashed in Tennessee in 1963, killing him and everyone onboard, including fellow country music star Patsy Cline?
... that Irish American mob informant Danny Greene drove a green car, wore green jackets, and had his union office repainted and recarpeted in green?
... that American papermaking authority Dard Hunter published a volume created entirely by himself—including its paper, type design, typesetting, and printing?
... that David Eldridge is the earliest known person of European descent to die in the Western Reserve, and the first person to be buried in the newly-created city of Cleveland?

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... that David Ross Boyd, the first president of the University of Oklahoma, planted nearly 10,000 trees on campus during his first 18 months in the post?
... that the King road drag, a road grader widely used across North America for grading dirt roads in the early 20th century, was invented by D. Ward King?
... that Delaware State Park is not in the U.S. state of Delaware but rather in Ohio?
... that Dennis Franklin was the first African American quarterback for the Michigan Wolverines football team?

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... that a memorial for the Doodlebug Disaster was a result of a school project by three 13-year-olds?
... that at 49, Douglas A. Warner III was the youngest ever CEO of J.P. Morgan & Co. Inc.?
... that the Dunns Pond Mound in Ohio may have been used for Native American burials for nine centuries?
... that in 1979 University of Michigan tackle Ed Muransky set the all-time record at the traditional pre-Rose Bowl "Beef Bowl" by eating 16 pounds of prime rib?

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... that while serving in World War II, baseball player Eddie Kazak spent 18 months in hospitals recovering from a bayonet wound to his left arm and his right elbow being shattered by shrapnel?
... that 20 year old tobacco store clerk Eddie Kolb was allowed to pitch the last regular season baseball game for the 1899 Cleveland Spiders in exchange for a box of cigars?
... that Mayor of New York City John Lindsay was said to have been so angered by Edith Evans Asbury of The New York Times that he broke his telephone after slamming down the receiver?
... that in 1954, the Federal Communications Commission sought to force union attorney Edward Lamb to surrender his broadcasting license on the grounds that he associated with communists?

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... that Commander Edwin Taylor Pollock became the first American governor of the U.S. Virgin Islands by beating the commander of the USS Olympia in a race to Saint Thomas?
... that author and social worker Ella Mae Johnson attended the inauguration of Barack Obama at the age of 105?
... that Emil John Mihalik, the first Byzantine Eparch of Parma, was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania?
... that the U.S. federal government sold the disputed Erie Triangle region to Pennsylvania in 1792 so that state would have a freshwater port?

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... that friends of the family raised $3,500 for Laurie Phenix to travel to the 2000 Summer Olympics and see her daughter Erin Phenix win a gold medal?
... that Euclid Beach Park, an amusement park in Cleveland, Ohio that was modelled after Coney Island, was home to a race riot in 1946?
... that college basketball player Evan Turner was the only unanimous first-team All-Big Ten Conference choice by both the coaches and the media for the 2008–09 Big Ten Conference men's basketball season?
... that actress Evelyn Venable, the voice of the Blue Fairy in the animated film Pinocchio, was the original model for the Columbia Pictures logo?

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... that downtown Napoleon, Ohio, is bracketed by the historical and vastly different First Presbyterian Church and St. Augustine's Catholic Church?
... that Fort Jefferson, built as a supply depot, endured a three-year siege during the Northwest Indian War?
... that all U.S. Presidents from Dwight D. Eisenhower through Ronald Reagan ordered glassware from Fostoria Glass Company of Moundsville, West Virginia?
... .that the standard version of Sojourner Truth's famous speech "Ain't I a Woman?" was recorded by Frances Dana Barker Gage (pictured)?

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... that Francis Wayland Parker, creator of the Quincy Plan and founder of the School of Education at the University of Chicago, was called the "father of progressive education" by American educational reformer John Dewey?
... that American basketball player Fred Roberts was chosen by the Miami Heat in their expansion draft, but never played a game for them in the NBA?
... that architect Frederick W. Garber based his design for the Walnut Hills High School (pictured) in Cincinnati, Ohio, on the rotunda of Thomas Jefferson’s University of Virginia?

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... that Charles N. Haskell was the first governor of Oklahoma, and he played a crucial role in drafting the Oklahoma Constitution?
... that Charles Sawyer Russell commanded the 28th Regiment United States Colored Troops in the American Civil War, which suffered nearly fifty percent casualties at the Battle of the Crater?
... that the Charles Wintzer Building (pictured) in Wapakoneta, Ohio, was built as a combination house-and-tannery?
... that after an ultimatum by the Chicago White Stockings to pull his African American players from the active roster, baseball manager Charlie Morton put Moses Fleetwood Walker back on despite having given him time off for injuries?

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... that Oregon pioneer and politician Frederick Waymire was compared to Davy Crockett?
... that Garland Rivers was the only true freshman to earn a varsity letter on the 1983 Michigan Wolverines football team?
... that the "Bottoms" of Milford, Ohio, contain a Woodland period archaeological site?
... that Gaylord Stinchcomb, one of the stars of Ohio State's first football victory over Michigan, also won the 1921 NCAA championship in the broad jump?

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... that Genevieve R. Cline was the first American woman to be appointed as a federal judge, despite objections based on her gender from many members of the Senate?
... that the Stark County Courthouse and the Zanesville Federal Building are both listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places and designed by architect George F. Hammond?
... that early Seattle real estate developer George Kinnear served as the Captain of the "Home Guard" that put down the city's Anti-Chinese riots of 1885–1886?
... that Herb Robert, a species of cranesbill, is believed by traditional herbologists to be a toothache palliative?

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... that northwestern Ohio's Goll Homestead lies at the core of one of the few remaining areas of old-growth forest in the Great Black Swamp?
... that Gordon Macklin was the first president and CEO of NASDAQ, and later a board member of WorldCom up to its bankruptcy in 2002?
... that microcystins in the polluted water of the lake at Grand Lake St. Marys State Park in Ohio can cause severe gastrointestinal ailments in humans?
... that when Gyo Obata designed Great American Insurance Building at Queen City Square, he was inspired by Princess Diana's tiara for the top of the building?

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... that the Great Appalachian Storm of November 1950 led to wind gusts in excess of 100 mph across New York, New Jersey, and New England?
... that the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis began in the home of Harriet G. Walker and her husband T. B. Walker?
... that an employee resignation letter from the son of Harry Aubrey Toulmin, Sr., patent attorney to the Wright Brothers, led to the demise of the Tucker Car Company and a $62 million donation to Georgetown University Medical Center?
... that American lyric soprano Helen Jepson was first soprano on the original recording of Porgy and Bess?

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... that Henry Perky invented a machine to produce shredded wheat breakfast cereal and that he made his fortune selling the cereal rather than the machine?
... that Herman Ashworth was the fourth person to drop his appeals since the U.S. state of Ohio resumed the death penalty in 1999?
... that the Hollenden Hotel, established in 1885 and demolished in 1962, provided accommodations for the five U.S. Presidents following Grover Cleveland when they visited Cleveland, Ohio?
... that rapid construction of an earlier building of Holy Family Catholic Church in Frenchtown, Ohio, won its builders two gallons of whisky?

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... that Holy Rosary Catholic Church in St. Marys, Ohio, was designated a historic site after its destruction?
... that the builder of the Hugh T. Rinehart House was a county commissioner of Auglaize County, Ohio?
... that Independence Dam State Park in Defiance County, Ohio, is named for a dam built for the Miami and Erie Canal and features some of the canal's ruins?
... that less than six weeks after being fired from his 20-year career as the University of Wisconsin's football coach and athletic director, Ivy Williamson died from falling down a staircase?

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... that Jackson Lake State Park in Ohio, United States, is now the location of a thriving second growth forest, but was once home to the iron, coal and salt industries?
... that the Isaac M. Wise Temple (pictured) in Cincinnati and the Old Main building of Bethany College in West Virginia are both U.S. National Historic Landmarks designed by architect James Keys Wilson?
... that James T. Brand of the Oregon Supreme Court was the presiding judge for most of the Judges' Trial, in which 10 German lawyers and judges were convicted of war crimes after World War II?
... that famed builder James W. McLaughlin started his Architectural studies at fifteen and when the American Civil War broke out served as a Lieutenant in the body guard of General John C Fremont?

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... that Methodist minister Ephraim Kingsbury Avery is amongst the first clergymen known to have been tried for murder in the United States?
... that statues of The Boy with the Leaking Boot are found in Cleethorpes (England), Winnipeg and Toronto (Canada) and several cities in the United States, but his origins are obscure?
... that Charlie Grant nearly broke baseball's color barrier decades before Jackie Robinson when John McGraw disguised him as a Native American named "Charlie Tokohama"?
... that when the first Green Island Light was destroyed by fire, the keeper and his family survived by huddling in an outhouse?

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... that the Harris Dental Museum in Bainbridge, Ohio, preserves the first dental school in the United States?
... that Edgar Stillman Kelley and his wife traveled around Europe lecturing on American classical music
... that the Martin Marmon House, built in 1820, is a leading example of Quaker architecture in Ohio?
... that the village of South Salem, Ohio, was founded to serve the needs of the Salem Academy?

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