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

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