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 * ... that Frederick Van Voorhies Holman (pictured) is credited with giving the nickname "Rose City" to Portland, Oregon?
 * ... that a weir built to aid fish traveling up a fish ladder in Little Butte Creek was destroyed just three months later?
 * ... that Gordon Faber, as mayor of Hillsboro, Oregon, once carried an ax while wearing an executioner's hood to an employee's performance review?
 * ... that one of the reasons the vocals in "Louie Louie" are so slurred is that singer Jack Ely wore braces?

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 * 1) Recent additions 247, Numbered archive of Main Page appearance.
 * 2) Recent additions 248, Numbered archive of Main Page appearance.
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 * 4) Recent additions/2012/July, Archive of Main Page appearance.