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... that
Frank Dekum
(pictured)
, a 19th-century banker in
Portland, Oregon
, and president of the German Songbird Society, imported
thrushes
,
starlings
,
nightingales
, and other German songbirds to Oregon?
... that the
Alkali Lake Chemical Waste Dump
in
Oregon
contains 25,000
drums
of chemical waste, dumped in 1969 by a predecessor of
Bayer CropScience
?
... that
Blazed Alder Creek
, which supplies part of the drinking water for
Portland, Oregon
, was named for a 24-inch (61 cm) blazed (marked) alder tree used as a benchmark for early watershed surveys?
... that
National Football League
player
Geoff Schwartz
didn't start playing football until age 13, because his parents wanted him to study for his
Bar Mitzvah
?
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