Portal:Erie/DYK
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Archived DYK's from Portal:Erie will be placed here.
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- ...that the U.S. federal government sold the disputed Erie Triangle region to Pennsylvania in 1792 so that state would have a freshwater port?
Portal:Erie/DYK/2 - ...that the official Vatican newspaper, L'Osservatore Romano, prematurely announced the death of Bishop Donald Trautman?
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- ...that after Hugo Chávez's September 2006 speech to the United Nations, gas stations operated by the United Refining Company (pictured) starting removing Citgo signs from their buildings?
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- ...that the Gudgeonville Covered Bridge (pictured) in Girard, Pennsylvania is said by local residents to be haunted by the ghost of a donkey?
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- ...that in the landmark case Erie v. Pap's A. M., the Supreme Court of the United States (seal pictured) upheld an ordinance requiring some erotic dancers to wear nipple pasties and a G-string?
Portal:Erie/DYK/6 - ...that United States Navy Rear Admiral Charles A. Curtze qualified for the 1936 Summer Olympics as a gymnast, but the State Department prohibited him from traveling to Nazi-ruled Germany?
Portal:Erie/DYK/7 - ...that in 2002 the Western New York and Pennsylvania Railroad bought 41½ miles (66.8 km) of track between Meadville and Corry, Pennsylvania for $1?
Portal:Erie/DYK/8 - ...that before becoming mayor of Erie, Pennsylvania in 1862, Prescott Metcalf started two railroads, numerous manufacturing firms, and was the director of a canal?
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