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  2. Tesoro Corporation - Wikipedia

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    Tesoro's corporate headquarters, completed in 2009, at San Antonio, Texas. Tesoro was founded in 1968 [6] by Dr. Robert Van Osdell West Jr (1921–2006), [7] and was primarily engaged in petroleum exploration and production. Tesoro began operating its first refinery, near Kenai, Alaska, in 1969. Tesoro became the first Fortune 500 company to be ...

  3. Quizlet - Wikipedia

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    Quizlet was founded in 2005 by Andrew Sutherland as a studying tool to aid in memorization for his French class, which he claimed to have "aced". [6] [7] [8] Quizlet's blog, written mostly by Andrew in the earlier days of the company, claims it had reached 50,000 registered users in 252 days online. [9]

  4. Tesoro - Wikipedia

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    Tesoro Corporation, later known as Andeavor, an American oil and gas company; Dipartimento del Tesoro, or simply "Tesoro", the Italian department of treasury; Tesoro High School, in Las Flores, California, U.S. Tesoro, a 13th-century translation of Li Livres dou tresor by Brunetto Latini; El tesoro, a 2016 Colombian telenovela

  5. History of Pennsylvania - Wikipedia

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    The Pennsylvania State University was founded in 1855, and in 1863 the school became Pennsylvania's land-grant university under the terms of the Morrill Land-Grant Acts. Temple University in Philadelphia was founded in 1884 by Russell Conwell , originally as a night school for working-class citizens.

  6. History of Philadelphia - Wikipedia

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    The University of Pennsylvania moved to West Philadelphia and reorganized to its modern form; and Temple University, Drexel University and the Free Library were founded. [ 74 ] The city's major project was organizing and staging the Centennial Exposition , the first World's Fair in the United States, which celebrated the nation's Centennial .

  7. Pennsylvania in the American Revolution - Wikipedia

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    Historical Society of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA), extensive historical archives and book holdings related to Pennsylvania history. Located on the same block as the Library Company of Philadelphia. Library Company of Philadelphia, library founded by Benjamin Franklin with extensive historical archives and book holdings, as well as exhibits ...

  8. Mystery of ‘Pinnacle Man’ found frozen in a cave solved after ...

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    A man found frozen in a Pennsylvania cave in 1977 has finally been identified, closing the book on a nearly 50-year-long mystery. The Berks County Coroner’s Office identified the remains of the ...

  9. History of banking in the United States - Wikipedia

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    In 1781, an act of the Congress of the Confederation established the Bank of North America in Philadelphia, where it superseded the state-chartered Bank of Pennsylvania founded in 1780 to help fund the war. The Bank of North America was granted a monopoly on the issue of bills of credit as currency at the national level.