Yerba Buena facts
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There are over 40 ships buried under San Francisco's financial district. They are abandoned gold rush ships that were used to help fill in Yerba Buena cove in order to build more housing.
San Francisco was originally named Yerba Buena. Yerba Buena is the name of a plant found in the area.
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Apple banned the use of selfie sticks and similar monopods within Moscone West or Yerba Buena Gardens, the venue of the Worldwide Developer's Conference (WWDC) in 2015.
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Yerba Buena (San Francisco) was taken by the Americans on July 9.
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The tunnel through Yerba Buena Island that links the eastern and western spans of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge (and carries two decks of traffic) is the world's largest single-bore tunnel, as it was when it opened in the fall of 1936.
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The original name for San Francisco was "Yerba Buena" or "Good Herb" in English.
