Things to do / Travel Guide
Interesting Facts About San Francisco Bay Area
- The computer mouse was born in the Silicon Valley.
- The name “Monterey Jack Cheese” is a tribute to David Jacks, an eccentric Scotsman with extensive land holdings across the Monterey Peninsula. He spent much of his adult life trying to market the cheese that was later named after him.
- As Governor, Ronald Reagan helped design the campus of UC Santa Cruz; that's why the campus has no true “center,” Ronald was hoping to thwart any student protests or riots when he designed the university without a traditional college campus “center”
- The very first motel in existence opened up in San Luis Obispo in 1925 and still exists today, it is called the Motel Inn and it is located on Monterey Street.
- The default wallpaper on Windows XP of a rolling hill against a blue sky is a landscape shot from the Napa Valley.
Fun Facts About San Francisco, California
- San Francisco is home to the largest Chinese community in the world, outside of China
- The fortune cookie, that special triangular treat that dispenses the wisdom of the ancients, was actually first baked in San Francisco at the Japanese Tea Garden.
- They have to continuously paint and repaint the Golden Gate Bridge all the time because by the time the paint crew gets from one end to the other, it's time to start over again!
San Francisco Fun Facts
- Irish coffee was first concocted in San Francisco, not Ireland.
- There are more than 300 coffee shops in San Francisco—and most of them are interesting and fun places to visit!
- There are more homeless people living in San Francisco per capita than in any other U.S. city. (Not such a fun fact.)
- San Francisco is the birthplace of denim jeans, which were invented during the Gold Rush for miners who needed strong, comfortable pants.
- San Francisco's original Spanish name was Yerba Buena, or "Good Herb." Hmm.
|
|
|