PITTSBURGH TRIVIA

• Pittsburgh has 446 bridges, more than any other city in the world.
• Standing at 553 feet, the Cathedral of Learning at the University of Pittsburgh is the tallest educational building in the western hemisphere.
• The first double organ transplant (heart and liver) was performed in Pittsburgh by Dr. Thomas Starzl in 1984.
• The polio vaccine was developed by Dr. Jonas Salk in 1953.
• Mister Rogers' real neighborhood was Oakland, home to WQED, the first public television station in the country and home to the "Neighborhood of Make Believe."
• Bob Hope proposed to his wife, Dolores, in Pittsburgh's Omni William Penn Hotel.
• The first McDonald's Big Mac was created here in 1967.
• The first World Series of baseball was held in Pittsburgh in 1903 and the first baseball stadium, Forbes Field, was built here in 1909. The original left field wall remains in place on Pitt's campus next to the Katz School of Business, and home plate can still be found inside of Posvar Hall.
• In 1971 the Mister Yuk symbol was created at the Poison Center at Children's Hospital in Oakland. Research indicated that the skull and crossbones icon, previously used to identify poisons, had little meaning to children who equated the symbol with the excitement of pirates and adventure.

Scores of organizations have come together under the banner of Pittsburgh Roars to celebrate all that makes this city and region great. You are invited to join the roar at www.pittsburghroars.com.