Portal:New England/Did you know/5

... that James Duncan helped co-found both the American Federation of Labor and the International Labor Organization?
... that Maine author C. J. Stevens amazed many of his readers by revealing that gold nuggets can be found by panning certain rivers?
... that although he was expelled by the Jesuit order for supporting the ordination of women, William R. Callahan insisted he was just "following the example of Jesus, who was never willing to shut up"?
... that because a car crashed through his store's window, Steve Bernard's Cape Cod Potato Chips company survived a difficult winter, after which business boomed?
... that Boston mayor Thomas Menino called Clover Food Lab's soy bacon sandwich the "best BLT in Boston"?