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...that Shades Cahaba is the only Homewood elementary school not to have suffered a major fire?
...that Louise Wooster's sister was also a noted Birmingham madam, under the name Maggie Bracken?
...that the Indian Springs School once boasted a "Truth House", a tilting classroom used to demonstrate physics concepts?
...that Samford Bulldogs men's basketball coach Scott Padgett scored 1,874 points during his 7-year NBA career?
...that Chris Fryar, drummer for the Zac Brown Band, grew up in Gardendale?
...that the Dogwood Shell Station in Vestavia Hills is the only station in Birmingham that sells E-85 fuel?
...that Brother Bryan Park was originally called Magnolia Park?
...that the Coosa River is the most developed river in Alabama, and most of its length in the state is impounded by one of seven dams?
...that nationally-touring comedian Carrot Top lost most of his props in a fire at the Comedy Club on Greensprings Highway during Winter Storm '93?
...that long before Railroad Park opened, the site held the Heart of Dixie Railroad Club's collection of historic railroad locomotives and cars?
...that the South East Lake neighborhood is north of the East Lake neighborhood?
...that Homewood has its own 20th Street South?
...that Lost actor Michael Emerson has a master's degree from University of Alabama?
...that Oporto-Madrid Boulevard is named for two streets that began as parallel avenues two blocks apart?
...that the first "Iron Bowl" was played in Birmingham's Lakeview Park in 1893?
...that before the Civil Rights Movement, Birmingham was sometimes known as "Bombingham"?
...that Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport has only had one fatal aircraft accident involving a passenger carrier?
...that Jefferson County is the primary county for 34 incorporated municipalities, more than any other in Alabama?

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+*...that [[Shades Cahaba Elementary School|Shades Cahaba]] is the only Homewood elementary school not to have suffered a major fire?
+*...that [[Louise Wooster]]'s sister was also a noted Birmingham madam, under the name [[Maggie Bracken]]?
+*...that the [[Indian Springs School]] once boasted a "[[Truth House]]", a tilting classroom used to demonstrate physics concepts?
+*...that [[Samford Bulldogs]] men's basketball coach [[Scott Padgett]] scored 1,874 points during his 7-year NBA career?
 *...that [[Chris Fryar]], drummer for the Zac Brown Band, grew up in [[Gardendale]]?
 *...that the [[Dogwood Shell Station]] in [[Vestavia Hills]] is the only station in Birmingham that sells E-85 fuel?

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