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Author Archives: Dmitri O'Bannon
Campus Life at
Campus Life at the
Colorado College
Florida Polytechnic University was founded on this day in 2012
The Florida Polytechnic University was founded on this day — April 20 — in 2012.
The first group of students started their studies on August 25, 2014.
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Campus Trivia
America’s 10 largest companies in 1960
The 10 largest companies on the 1960 Fortune 500 list via CNN Money:
- General Motors
- Exxon
- Ford
- General Electric
- U.S. Steel
- Mobile
- Gulf Oil
- Texaco
- Chrysler
- Esmark
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Campus Trivia
What was America’s population growth over the five decades leading to 1970?
The decade-by-decade population growth of the United States between 1920 and 1970 is as follows:
- 1920 – 106,021,537
- 1930 – 122,775,046 (15.8%)
- 1940 – 132,164,569 (7.6%)
- 1950 – 150,697,361 (14.0%)
- 1960 – 179,323,175 (19.0%)
- 1970 – 203,392,031 (13.4%)
via Wikipedia
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