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Panama–Pacific commemorative coins

... that more than 1,400 people have committed suicide by jumping from the Golden Gate Bridge since it was built in 1937? (crisis hotline sign pictured)
... that actress Mai Tai Sing once waitressed at the Forbidden City nightclub in San Francisco?
... that during the 1950 U.S. Navy secret experiment Operation Sea-Spray, Serratia marcescens and Bacillus globigii bacteria were sprayed over the Bay Area?
... that landscape architect Mai Kitazawa Arbegast (pictured) played a key role in the gift of Blake Garden to UC Berkeley?
... that the Oakland Municipal Garage and Repair Shop was established in 1913 for the maintenance and repair of all municipal automobiles?
... that the Tesla Model S manufacturing process (pictured) at the Fremont Tesla Factory uses more than 160 specialist robots?
... that the octagonal $50 piece of the Panama-Pacific commemorative coin issue (pictured) is the only U.S. coin that is not round?

April 2015

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