Monday's Unverified Fact About San Diego

The 'Boys host those baby blue bolts on Sunday. A "fact" about this country's gateway to immigration...Although they claim to be part of the 'land of fruit and nuts,' the city of San Diego is actually the land of jellyfish and seagulls--local favorites that have not been popular as export...

By Dave Faries

December 7, 2009

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The 'Boys host those baby blue bolts on Sunday. A "fact" about this country's gateway to immigration...

Although they claim to be part of the 'land of fruit and nuts,' the city of San Diego is actually the land of jellyfish and seagulls--local favorites that have not been popular as export products.*

*Source: A cursory look at state by state export data from the years 1950 through 2007, adjusted for inflation, with weight and volume offsets to account for property loss...though we never actually made it to the California section.

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