Portal:San Francisco Bay Area/Did you know/60


 * ... that the inner part of Stanford University's Main Quad (pictured) is surrounded by twelve buildings, numbered 1 through 110?
 * ... that Fremont based Oorja Fuel Cells (logo pictured) is considered one of the four major players in the North American fuel cell market?
 * ... that Drakes Bay Oyster Company (pictured) is one of the largest shellfish operations in California, producing upwards of 8 million oysters a year?
 * ... that Bonnie Bergin has trained dogs to do everything from read basic words to identify diseased plants in Napa's vineyards?
 * ... that the California Diamond Jubilee half dollar (pictured) depicts a man panning for gold, but itself contains only silver and copper?
 * ... that neptunium is found in at least three allotropes—‌one orthorhombic, one tetragonal, and one body-centered cubic?

August 2014