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downtown bob dylan mural
from bob dylan posted in art and design by prof_improbable
Located at the corner of 5th St & Hennepin Ave S in Minneapolis, this 5-story mural was completed by by Brasilian artist Eduardo Kobra and crew.
view full location details...buttonwood agreement
from stock market posted in history by pete_nice
On May 17, 1792, an agreement between 24 stockbrokers was made under a buttonwood tree.
The founding document of the New York Stock Exchange reads as follows:
"We the Subscribers, Brokers for the Purchase and Sale of the Public Stock, do hereby solemnly promise and pledge ourselves to each other, that we will not buy or sell from this day for any person whatsoever, any kind of Public Stock, at a less rate than one quarter percent Commission on the Specie value of and that we will give preference to each other in our Negotiations.
In Testimony whereof we have set our hands this 17th day of May at New York, 1792."
Today, the document is in the Museum of American Finance down the street at 48 Wall Street (view here).
view full location details...hollywood high school
from john ritter, carol burnett posted in television by pete_nice
There is a 50 ft mural of John Ritter on the exterior of Hollywood High School (class of '66).
view full location details...zip2 hq (former)
from elon musk, paypal posted in technology by corporate_sunshine
In 1997, Zip2 moved their headquarters to this location. Zip2 was online directory founded by the Musk brothers, Elon and Kimbal.
The company merged with CitySearch in a $300 million deal in 1998. This gave Elon Musk the capital to begin his next project, the online banking company- X.com.
Source: Elon Musk: Tesla, SpaceX, and the Quest for a Fantastic Future by Ashlee Vance
view full location details...omelek island
from space travel, new space, spacex posted in technology by corporate_sunshine
Space Exploration Technologies Corp (or SpaceX) made the first successful privately funded, liquid-propelled orbital launch vehicle with Flight #4 of the Falcoln 1 rocket on September 28, 2008.
Omelek Island is close to the equator, where the Earth spins a little bit faster, giving the rocket an extra boost upon launch. The island is a part of a series of islands used to test the efficacy of the "Star Wars" missile defense system back in the 80s.
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