- ... that David Thomas Lenox (pictured) was the captain of the first wagon train on the Oregon Trail to travel all the way to Oregon?
- ... that Concordia University in Portland, Oregon, opened a law school in Boise, Idaho, in 2012?
- ... that on August 24, 2009, an algae bloom hit Wickiup Reservoir, dubbed as Oregon's best fishing for brown trout?
- ... that samples of moon rock and lunar dust soil from the Apollo 11 and Apollo 17 missions, mounted on wooden plaque displays especially for Brazil, Canada, Cyprus, Honduras, Ireland, Malta, Netherlands, Nicaragua, Norway, Romania, Spain, and Sweden, plus the states of Alaska, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Delaware, Hawaii (pictured), Illinois, Missouri, Nebraska, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, Oregon, and West Virginia, were later reported missing by many of the recipients?