Feb. 20, 2009
Interesting Facts About the States
**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.**
**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 Oujia 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 the Crown Jewels
of England.**
**NEBRASKA**** .... More triplets are born here than in any
other state.**
**NEVADA**** ... Has more hotel rooms than any other place
in the world.**
**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.**
**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.*** |
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