Sunday, July 12, 2009

Who named Boring, Oregon?


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Why: Maria Thayer was born there. She was the randy newlywed in Forgetting Sarah Marshall and the blind girl in "30 Rock," and she is on the episode of "SVU" I'm watching right now.

Answer: It was plotted as "Boring Junction" in 1903 after one of its first residents, W.H. Boring. Soon there was a Boring post office and a whole Boring community.

Boring is an unincorporated area, which means it's not part of any municipality. No Boring local taxes!

Source: BoringOregon.com, Wikipedia

The More You Know: 600th post!

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