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...that when builders told Lou Henry Hoover , who designed her own house (pictured) , that some of her architectural ideas weren't done, she replied, "Well, it's time someone did"?
...that the F-111 fighter , the B-1 bomber , the Space Shuttle , and the Boeing fleet of commercial airliners were all tested at the Unitary Plan Wind Tunnel ?
...that the Benicia Arsenal , in Benicia, California , was once home to the short-lived U.S. Camel Corps ?
...that Room 307, Gilman Hall on the campus of the University of California, Berkeley , where the element plutonium was discovered, is a United States National Historic Landmark ?
...that the Alameda Works Shipyard in Alameda, California , was one of the largest and best equipped shipyards in the United States ?