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A Fun Fact

for Each State

ALABAMA

...

Was the first place

to have 9-1-1,

started in 1968.

ALASKA

...

One out of every 64 people

has a pilot's license.

ARIZONA

...

Is the only state

in the continental U.S.

that doesn't follow

Daylight Savings Time.

ARKANSAS

...

Has the only active

diamond mine in the U.S.

CALIFORNIA

...

Its economy is so large

that if it were a country,

it would rank seventh

in the entire world.

COLORADO

...

In 1976 it became

the only state to

turn down

the Olympics.

CONNECTICUT

...

The Frisbee was invented

here at Yale University .

DELAWARE

...

Has more scientists

and engineers

than any other state.

FLORIDA

...

At 759 square miles,

Jacksonville is the U.S. 's largest city.

An kissimmee has some nice cruisers

GEORGIA

...

It was here, in 1886,

that pharmacist

John Pemberton made

the first vat of

Coca-Cola.

HAWAII

...

Hawaiians live,

on average,

five years longer

than residents in

any other state.

IDAHO

...

TV was invented

in Rigby, Idaho,

in 1922.

ILLINOIS

...

The Chicago River

is dyed green every

St. Patrick's Day

INDIANA

...

Home to

Santa Claus, Indiana,

which get a half million

letters to Santa every year.

IOWA

...

Winnebagos get their name

from Winnebago County .

Also, it is the only state

that begins with two vowels.

KANSAS

...

Liberal, Kansas,

has an exact replica of

the house in

The Wizard of Oz.

KENTUCKY

...

Has more than

$6 billion in gold

underneath Fort Knox .

LOUISIANA

...

Has parishes

instead of counties

because they were

originally Spanish

church units.

MAINE

...

It's so big,

it covers as many

square miles

as the other five

New England states

combined.

MARYLAND

...

The Ouija board

was created in

Baltimore in 1892.

MASSACHUSETTS

...

The Fig Newton is named after

Newton, Massachusetts.

MICHIGAN

...

Fremont, home to Gerber,

is the baby food

capital of the world.

MINNESOTA

...

Bloomington 's

Mall of America

is so big, if you

spent 10 minutes

in each store,

you'd be there

nearly four days.

MISSISSIPPI

...

President Teddy Roosevelt

refused to shoot a bear here

...

that's how the teddy bear

got its name.

MISSOURI

...

Is the birthplace

of the ice cream cone.

MONTANA

...

A sapphire

from Montana

is in the Crown Jewels

of England .

NEBRASKA

...

More triplets

are born here than

in any other state.

NEW HAMPSHIRE

...

Birthplace of

Tupperware,

invented in 1938

by Earl Tupper.

NEW JERSEY

...

Has the most

shopping malls

in one area

in the world.

NEW MEXICO

...

Smokey the Bear

was rescued from

a 1950

forest fire

here.

NEW YORK

...

Is home to

the nation's oldest

cattle ranch,

started in 1747

in Montauk.

NORTH CAROLINA

...

Home of the first

Krispy Kreme

doughnut.

NORTH DAKOTA

...

Rigby, North Dakota,

is the exact

geographic center

of North America .

OHIO

...

The hot dog

was invented here

in 1900. OH !!!!

OKLAHOMA

...

The grounds of

the state capital are

covered by

operating oil wells.

OREGON

...

Has the most

ghost towns

in the country.

PENNSYLVANIA

...

The smiley, :)

was first used

in 1980 by

computer scientists

at Carnegie Mellon

University .

RHODE ISLAND

...

The nation's

oldest bar,

the White Horse Tavern,

opened here

in 1673

SOUTH CAROLINA

...

Sumter County

is home to the

world's largest

gingko farm.

SOUTH DAKOTA

...

Is the only state

that's never

had an

earthquake.

TENNESSEE

...

Nashville 's

Grand Ole Opry

is the longest

running

live radio show

in the world.

TEXAS

...

Dr. Pepper

was invented

in Waco

back in 1885.

UTAH

...

The first

Kentucky Fried Chicken

restaurant

opened here

in 1952.

VERMONT

...

Montpelier

is the only

state capital

without a

McDonald's.

VIRGINIA

...

Home of the world's

largest office building ...

the Pentagon.

WASHINGTON

...

Seattle has twice

as many college

graduates

as any other state.

WASHINGTON D.C.

...

Was the first planned

capital in the world.

WEST VIRGINIA

...

Had the world's first

brick paved street,

Summers Street,

laid in Charleston

in 1870.

WISCONSIN

...

The ice cream sundae

was invented here

in 1881 to get around

Blue Laws prohibiting

ice cream from

being sold

on Sundays.

WYOMING

...

Was the first state

to allow women

to vote.

I hope you enjoyed this.

I found it interesting

~~~~~

dinesh vora

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