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| Minnesota Facts |
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The nation’s first Better Business Bureau was founded in Minneapolis, Minnesota in 1912. |
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The original name of the settlement that became St. Paul, Minnesota was Pig's Eye. Named for the French-Canadian whiskey trader, Pierre "Pig's Eye" Parrant, who had led squatters to the settlement. |
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Introduced in August 1963, The Control Data 6600, designed by Control Data Corp. of Chippewa Falls, Minnesota, was the first Super Computer. It was used by the military to simulate nuclear explosions and break Soviet codes. |
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