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so what's your hometown's claim to fame? -- (link)

Posted by Reagen Oct 16 '24, 16:10

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https://saskatoon.ctvnews.ca/this-saskatchewan-community-had-more-meth-in-its-wastewater-than-any-canadian-city-study-shows-1.7075650 (saskatoon.ctvnews.ca)

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Current town is known for two major man made disasters, galloping gerty bridge collapse and xmas tram that fell off a bridge... - zeitgeist Oct 16, 20:11
Travelling north to get to the US. Rumrunners. -- nm - VMan Oct 16, 19:38
1) Serial killer, had the US record for a long time, 2) high school bus crash, had the record for most school bus fatalities for a long time. Both - jnine Oct 16, 19:19 2
- What serial killer?? -- nm - amanda Oct 16, 19:42 1
  - Juan Corona. -- nm - jnine Oct 17, 13:07
Avril Lavigne was born there? Wayne Gretzky used to own the hockey team? Not much. -- nm - Yep. Chased it and failed. Oct 16, 18:45 1
- I went to a night club there once in 1997. -- nm - mafic Oct 16, 20:14
a big rodeo, proximity to mountains, and the Bloody Mary with clam juice. -- nm - mafic Oct 16, 18:22
Founding of Hewlett Packard? Start of the Grateful Dead? -- nm - psilotum Oct 16, 18:12
Held the vote to not secede from the Union in 1861 and thus kept DC from being surrounded by traitors -- nm - Will Hunting Oct 16, 17:59
Cal Ripken Jr. -- nm - landbeck Oct 16, 17:54
best known for having a population of 33,659 as of the 2020 census -- nm - prayformojo Oct 16, 17:53
Largest man made body of water in RI, I guess. -- nm - kelly Oct 16, 17:50 2
- Public swimming pool? -- nm - Reagen Oct 16, 19:08 1
  - Ha haaaaaa. - kelly Oct 16, 19:55
RV Capital of the World, baby! nm - ralph wiggum Oct 16, 17:38
The northernmost engagement of the battle of Gettysburg. It is officially classified as a skirmish. -- nm - Dano Oct 16, 17:21 1
- the high-water mark of the Confederacy! -- nm - mr mooch Oct 16, 17:23
Nike -- nm - znufrii Oct 16, 17:10
Home of the ultra-est, snottiest boarding school. Andover. -- nm - loosilu Oct 16, 17:01 1
- we were locals, we were welcome to enjoy their athletic facilities, that part was very cool. -- nm - loosilu Oct 16, 17:02
Growing up, I thought we were the King of Sport, but it turns out we're the King's Port. -- nm - David Oct 16, 16:49
hey, it could just be *producing* more meth per capita than anywhere else in Canada. -- nm - mafic Oct 16, 16:35
Ali Stroker and an entry in the history of "Going Postal" -- nm - Max Oct 16, 16:21
Ha! -- nm - Krusty Oct 16, 16:18
Geo. Washington's HQ during the French & Indian War? - mr mooch Oct 16, 16:18
Collective Soul. -- nm - Qale Oct 16, 16:14
Bahai Temple and the Murrays. -- nm - . Oct 16, 16:13 1
- Northwestern University and the Cusacks. You win. -- nm - zunk takes things literally Oct 16, 16:59
San Bernardino was the birth place for McDonald's and Taco Bell -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 16, 16:12 1
- 2-26-77 the first live Terrapin Station -- (link) - Peglegpete Oct 16, 16:29 [youtube]

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