Tom Brokaw of NBC graduated from Yankton High School and the University of South Dakota.
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Faith, South Dakota is famous to paleontologists. Several Hadrosaur, Edmontosaurus annectens were excavated on a ranch north of Faith and one of the largest, most complete, and best preserved Tyrannosaurus Rex was excavated nearby.
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The largest underground gold mine is the Homestake Mine in Lead, South Dakota.