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... 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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