What is/was your hometown known for

[Illustrious Potentate]

Wine. Beautiful, glorious wine.

The Mogen-David factory located there? Used to love me some Orange Jubilee as a teenager

 

[RubinRock]

Worlds largest sweet tea. God bless the south.

 

[williewilliejuan]

The Mogen-David factory located there? Used to love me some Orange Jubilee as a teenager

Check the list.

Napa Valley Wineries A-Z List and Searchable Directory

Easy to use, searchable directory of Napa Valley wineries. Lists hours, map, directions, tour & tasting info, special features, wine varieties and more.

napavintners.com

 

[outofyourmind]

The "Wild Mary Sudik" oil well blowout of 1931.

200,000,000 million cubic feet per day of natural gas
20,000 barrels a day of oil
for 10 days straight, until it was brought under control.

It ushered in the era of Oklahoma City becoming the largest Oil Field in the World.

Mary Sudik Oil Well of Oklahoma County, OK --- Biography of SUDIK Family

 

[fordman84]

What everyone that never has been to Dallas thinks Dallas is.

 

[Illustrious Potentate]

Check the list.

Napa Valley Wineries A-Z List and Searchable Directory

Easy to use, searchable directory of Napa Valley wineries. Lists hours, map, directions, tour & tasting info, special features, wine varieties and more.

napavintners.com

If it don’t burn blue, I don’t drink it

 

[Kburjr]

Me.

 

[outofyourmind]

OKC has not 1, but 2, Airports named after people who died in plane crashes.

Will Rogers World Airport
Wiley Post Airport

 

[douggie]

Tobacco
Furniture
Textiles

You can see why we are broke as hell

 

[Illustrious Potentate]

Where I live now(which is still really close to my hometown) is the marble capital of the world. Most of the marble in DC came from north GA mines

 

[Kburjr]

Where I live now(which is still really close to my hometown) is the marble capital of the world. Most of the marble in DC came from north GA mines

Goddamm Union robbing the South of all her natural resources...

 

[outofyourmind]

The only Capitol Building in the world with an active Oil Well.

 

[SlinkyRedfoot]

Waffle cones came from the Chicago Worlds Fair. Dude ran out of bowls.

Valor stealer.

Sorry, fucker. That's untrue.

Valor stealer, stealer.

 

[TaikoTiger]

Where I grew up:




Now where I stay:

 

[SlinkyRedfoot]

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What everyone that never has been to Dallas thinks Dallas is.

Which is significantly better than what everyone that has been to Dallas thinks Dallas is.

 

[Rex Racer]

At the turn of the 20th century this place was one of the foremost textile manufacturing cities in the world. The mill buildings dominated the center of town on both sides of the Merrimack river and at one point in time you could step into a mill building at the Amoskeag Falls and walk South for one mile without stepping outside because all the mills were so close and connected by catwalks and tunnels.

Birthplace of:

Dean Kamen, inventor of numerous medical devices and the Segway
Dick and Larry McDonald, founders of McDonald's
Seth Meyers
Adam Sandler
Sarah Silverman
Grace Metalious, author of Peyton Place
Charles Revson, founder of Revlon cosmetics
Steve Balboni, Mike Flanagan, Ryan Day, Mike Lavallierre, Chip Kelly, Dan Mullen and more

 

[outofyourmind]

The first Televised Tornado Warning in the world happened in OKC at WKY-TV in 1954

 

[Jeep]

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What everyone that never has been to Dallas thinks Dallas is.

Ain’t that the truth.

 

[Illustrious Potentate]

The first Televised Tornado Warning in the world happened in OKC at WKY-TV in 1954

We’re asking what it is known for, not random facts

 

[outofyourmind]

We’re asking what it is known for, not random facts

Just because you're and idiot, doesn't mean everyone else is.