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... that when the stone Clemuel Ricketts Mansion (pictured) was built in 1852 on the shores of Lake Ganoga in Pennsylvania, it was so remote it was nicknamed "Ricketts Folly"?
... that throughout his career, Pennsylvania Education Secretary Gerald Zahorchak has also been an elementary teacher, principal, high school football coach, superintendent, deputy mayor and city council member?
... that the barn at the McClelland Homestead near Bessemer, Pennsylvania, sits atop a spring?
... that the Pennsylvania Railroad steam locomotive 7002 was credited for setting a land speed record despite not actually being the engine that set it?
... that after the Avondale Mine Disaster, legislation was passed by the Pennsylvania General Assembly that made Pennsylvania the first U.S. state to have laws regarding mine safety?

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