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Last updated 06/13/2010 at 12:05 a.m. PDT

The Mai Tai Was Invented in Oakland, Not Hawaii

The city's claims to fame are subjected to credibility test. (Check out the cool graphic inside)

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By on June 10, 2010 - 10:16 a.m. PDT
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From the fortune cookie to fantasy football and the phone booth, Oakland claims to be the birthplace of such inventions. 

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Jason Dewees
Jason Dewees
wrote on 06/13/2010 at 12:05 a.m. PDT

Re popsicle: Does it seem likely that a glass of lemonade would freeze solid overnight in Oakland? It would have to be a brutal and unusual night of sustained below-32F temperatures, a circa thrice-in-a-century event.

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