As we're going on here, I decided to have a little bit of fun since it is Seattle Rock Day,

and in the spirit of learning even more about our fine, fine city that we have here, I decided to dig a little deeper.

The Min's Room Top Ten! The Minstrup Top Ten!

Ten interesting and fun facts about Seattle.

No doubt, the Emerald City has given the world great many things. Bill Gates,

Nirvana, flying fish. But nothing really sums up the gray, grimy, grim, gritty, underbelly of the

Pacific Northwest like serial killers.

Gary Ridgeway, the Green River Killer, Ted Bundy, infamous alum of UW,

or the Hillside Strangler of San Francisco.

He committed his final two brutalities in Bellingham.

Keep it up, Seattle.

You're killing it.

Oh, geez.

Thank you, VD.

So here's some fun and interesting facts about our fine city of Seattle.

Did you guys know that Seattle is allegedly home to the world's first gas station? I read that recently. Really? Yeah. So

any more. So according to history link, the gas station may have been quote unquote invented by

John McLean back in 1907. Though it's worth noting this distinction is disputed by some with

the tractors claiming St. Louis as the true originator,

let's see here. As legend goes, McLean was the head of sales in Washington for the Standard Oil Company of California,

and so bought property near the Standard Main Depot and erected a store. With the help of engineer Henry Harris,

a pipe was built that connected their main storage tank to a 30-gallon galvanized tank on site.

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