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...that at 7'3" (2.21 m), Swede Halbrook became the tallest person to ever play college basketball when he joined the Oregon State Beavers (home arena pictured) in 1954?
...that George K. Gay's house was the first brick house in Oregon and served as the boundary marker between Yamhill and Polk counties?
...that Hallie Ford made the largest donation in the history of Willamette University in 2006, and the largest donation ever to a cultural group in Oregon in 2007?
... that more than 50 rivers and creeks on the list of longest streams of Oregon are at least 40 miles (64 km) long?

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