December 2011
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Dec 25th
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Dec 25th
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Dec 24th
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Dec 24th
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Dec 20th
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Dec 20th
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Dec 16th
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Dec 16th
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Dec 16th
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Pittsburgh Fact #070
After the fabled City of Atlantis was sunk by the Spanish Armada in 1583, the resident Atlantieans moved to Pennsylvania, and founded what is now Pittsburgh.
Dec 15th
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Pittsburgh Fact #069
Due to its residents wholesome character, and innocent  outlook on life, salt and pepper are considered “exotic spices” in the city of Pittsburgh
Dec 15th
Anonymous asked: Upon entering the city I greeted all Pittsburgh's inhabitants with a "Black and Yellow day to you sir", is this the proper greeting?
Dec 13th
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Dec 13th
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Dec 11th
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Dec 10th
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Dec 9th
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Dec 9th
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Dec 9th
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Pittsburgh Fact #062
The Motto of the City of Pittsburgh is the well known Latin phrase “Post Hoc, Ergo Proctor Pirogi”  Translated to “After this, therefore because of Pirogies”
Dec 9th
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Dec 8th
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Dec 8th
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Pittsburgh Fact #059
One of the finals requirements at all of the Colleges and Universities in Pittsburgh, is that students be able to properly prepare a plate of pirogies and be able to name every year that the Steelers have one the Superbowl.
Dec 8th
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Dec 7th
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Dec 7th
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Dec 7th
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Dec 7th
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Dec 6th
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Dec 6th
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Pittsburgh Fact #052
Pittsburgh consumes 93% of the nations frozen Pirogies, and over 60% of it’s coleslaw and mustard.
Dec 6th
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Dec 6th
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Dec 6th
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Dec 6th
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Pittsburgh Fact #048
Andrea Bocelli did not loose his sight in a soccer accident as he now tells people, but because he was so awed with the sight, from the Incline, of downtown Pittsburgh at sunset.
Dec 5th
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Pittsburgh Fact #047
From December 1-25, no radio station in the city of Pittsburgh is allowed to play anything other than Christmas Music
Dec 5th
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Pittsburgh Fact #046
While many people know about the existence of KFC’s 11 famous herbs and spices, few people know that Colonel Sanders insisted that all mashed potatoes at his restaurants be made with one part milk to one part Monongahela River water.
Dec 3rd
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Pittsburgh Fact #045
When Orson Welles read The War of the Worlds in his famous 1938 broadcast, the Mayor of Pittsburgh ordered all of the bridges in and around Pittsburgh destroyed to slow the invading aliens advance through the city.
Dec 3rd
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Pittsburgh Fact #44
After much resistance by locals, who felt it was witchcraft and sorcery, the City of Pittsburgh finally allowed electricity to be installed in 1974.
Dec 2nd
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Pittsburgh Fact #043
The Allegheny County Board of education’s food pyramid consists of three items, and three items only: Ketchup, French Fries, and Pirogies.
Dec 2nd
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Pittsburgh Fact #042
Ben Rothlisberger has “Droit du seigneur” (the right to deflower) with all new brides in Pittsburgh, if he so chooses.
Dec 2nd
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Dec 1st
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