I learnt a lot from the book such as molasses's part in US history. I would say that the read was more fascinating than enjoyable.The book covers the five years leading up to the disaster and the five years following it.
Tell us a strange fact about your hometown
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That'll do. It's a fascinating event, and I love stuff about my hometown. 
My place of birth has a crater on Mars, 28km in diameter, named after it. No doubt named as such because of the remarkable similarity between the two.
.As for my strange fact: well, I don't know if it counts as "strange", but the town of my birth was apparently the centre for the organized Christian missionary movement in the Victorian era. I found that odd, because as far as I know it isn't particularly prominant today in any religious capacity.
Oh, and Weetabix are based there.
So is the UK's oldest theme park.
My hometown was named after my great great great great great great grandfather who was a general in the Revolutionary War. However, no one in my family knew this was the case until about ten years ago. 
The funny thing is that his linage is the only family I have that lived in the states before the Civil, besides my great great grandmother who was Native American. The rest of my ancestors migrated over in the late 1800's or early 1900's, three of which went through Ellis Island. Up until 1999 we had no idea that we weren't all born from recent immigrants.
The funny thing is that his linage is the only family I have that lived in the states before the Civil, besides my great great grandmother who was Native American. The rest of my ancestors migrated over in the late 1800's or early 1900's, three of which went through Ellis Island. Up until 1999 we had no idea that we weren't all born from recent immigrants.
My place of birth has a crater on Mars, 28km in diameter, named after it. No doubt named as such because of the remarkable similarity between the two.
A crater - a large hole devoid of intelligent life and places of interest. As in the term "Crater London."
Brockville Ontario, the oldest town, settled in 1785, named after the British general Sir Issac Brock 
The birth place of Pink Pills for Pale People
The Fulford Place was where Little Gloria: Happy at Last was filmed
The birth place of Pink Pills for Pale People
The Fulford Place was where Little Gloria: Happy at Last was filmed
I grew up in the largest city in the United States that does not have a public transportation system.
We have the biggest house in the USA.
^ And an extraordinarily beautiful one too. I visit at least once a year usually at Christmas.
My hometown of Orillia, Ontario was the first city in North America to implement Daylight Saving Time. Though as I recall the story, it didn't last too long (maybe a year or two) since the townspeople of the time got terribly confused and the whole place pretty much ground to a halt over it.
After everyone else figured out how to do it properly we started using it again
After everyone else figured out how to do it properly we started using it again
I have lived here all but the 5 years I was in the air force and have never seen it. They want too much. Its the poor man paying to see how the rich man lives. I went to the winery once and once when the winery was the dairy because one of my friends dad worked there. I worked at a gas station right in front of the entrance for a couple years. People that worked there said they were going to get me free tickets but they never did. I even ran a wrecker once and picked a car up on the drive up to the house but never got to see the house close up. I have seen it from the surrounding hills though. At Christmas time the grove park is a good place to see also and its free. Its funny how we will go 500 miles to pay and see something but if its 8 miles away we ain't going to pay it LOL.^ And an extraordinarily beautiful one too. I visit at least once a year usually at Christmas.
Hmm...the settlement that became Seattle was originally called New York-Alki, and the neighborhood where I spent a good chunk of my childhood, West Seattle, was originally called Brooklyn -- a fact I did not learn until I'd lived in Brooklyn, NY for several years.
I live on Long Island which is the most segregated area in all of the U.S.
Isn't Bill O'Reilly from your hometown?
That is quite weird.
Yes, and he went to private schools near me, too.
My town's a nickel mining town. It was the supplier of nickel for WWI and WWII, among other things. If you needed nickel, we were the ones you needed to come to. In fact, it was a monopoly for awhile before other nickel mines were established around the world. There are two major mining companies in town.
Flash forward to today, and the town isn't doing so well in terms of mining. Workers at one of the mines have been striking since July 2009, which would bring us into the 11th month; nearly a year, the longest strike in its history.
Flash forward to today, and the town isn't doing so well in terms of mining. Workers at one of the mines have been striking since July 2009, which would bring us into the 11th month; nearly a year, the longest strike in its history.
In Ventura County, CA cats and dogs are not allowed to have sex without a permit.
Something else that I laughed at while looking this up - In Los Angeles, someone has translated the entire bible into Klingon.
Something else that I laughed at while looking this up - In Los Angeles, someone has translated the entire bible into Klingon.
