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... that the Camas pocket gopher (pictured) has been described as "morose and savage", yet can be tamed in captivity?
... that the sternwheeler Telegraph twice collided with the rival Charm in 1915?
... that Tumalo State Park in central Oregon was created in 1954 to preserve a portion of the Deschutes River where scenic basalt cliffs flank the river?
... that at 1034 letters, Howard Bergerson's poem "Edna Waterfall" was once recognized as the world's longest English palindrome?

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