INTERESTING LIVES and INTERESTING FACTS

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Fun Facts About the Fifty U.S. States

  1. *Alabama George Washington Carver,who discovered more than 300 uses for peanuts *
  2. *Alaska The longest coastline in the U.S.,6,640 miles,greater than that of all other states combined *
  3. *Arizona The most telescopes in the world,in Tucson *
  4. *Arkansas The only active diamond mine in the U.S. *
  5. *California "General Sherman,"a 3,500-year-old tree,and a stand of bristlecone pines 4,000 years old are the world's oldest living things *
  6. *Colorado The world's largest silver nugget (1,840 pounds) found in 1894 near Aspen *
  7. *Connecticut The first American cookbook,published in Hartford in 1796:American Cookery by Amelia Simmons *
  8. *Delaware The first log cabins in North America,built in 1683 by Swedish immigrants *
  9. *Florida U.S. Spacecraft launchings from Cape Canaveral,formerly Cape Kennedy *
  10. *Georgia The Girl Scouts,founded in Savannah by Juliette Gordon Low in 1912 *
  11. *Idaho The longest main street in America,33 miles,in Island Park *
  12. *Illinois One of the tallest buildings in the world,Sears Tower,is in Chicago *
  13. *Indiana The famous car race: the Indy 500 *
  14. *Iowa The shortest and steepest railroad in the U.S.,Dubuque: 60° incline,296 feet *
  15. *Kansas Helium discovered in 1905 at the University of Kansas *
  16. *Kentucky The largest underground cave in the world: 300 miles long,the Mammoth-Flint Cave system *
  17. *Louisiana The most crayfish: 98% of the world's crayfish *
  18. *Maine The most easterly point in the U.S.,West Quoddy Head *
  19. *Maryland The first umbrella factory in the U.S.,1928,Baltimore *
  20. *Massachusetts The first World Series,1903: the Boston Pilgrims vs. The Pittsburgh Pirates *
  21. *Michigan The Cereal Bowl of America, Battle Creek, produces most cereal in the U.S. *
  22. *Minnesota The oldest rock in the world,3.8 billion years old,found in Minnesota River valley *
  23. *Mississippi Coca-Cola,first bottled in 1894 in Vicksburg *
  24. *Missouri Mark Twain and some of his characters,such as Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn *
  25. *Montana Grasshopper Glacier,named for the grasshoppers that can still be seen frozen in ice *
  26. *Nebraska The only roller skating museum in the world, in Lincoln *
  27. *Nevada Rare fish such as the Devils Hole pup,found only in Devils Hole,and other rare fish from prehistoric lakes;also the driest state *
  28. *New Hampshire Artificial rain, first used near Concord in 1947 to fight a forest fire *
  29. *New Jersey The world's first drive-in movie theater,built in 1933 near Camden *
  30. *New Mexico "Smokey Bear,"a cub orphaned by fire in 1950,buried in Smokey Bear Historical State Park in 1976 *
  31. *New York The first presidential inauguration: George Washington took the oath of office in New York City on April 30, 1789. *
  32. *North Carolina Virginia Dare,the first English child born in America,on Roanoake Island in 1587 *
  33. *North Dakota The geographic center of North America,in Pierce County,near Balta *
  34. *Ohio The first electric traffic lights,invented and installed in Cleveland in 1914 *
  35. *Oklahoma The first parking meter,installed in Oklahoma City in 1935 *
  36. *Oregon The world's smallest park,totaling 452 inches,created in Portland on St. Patrick's Day for leprechauns and snail races *
  37. *Pennsylvania The first magazine in America: the American Magazine,published in Philadelphia for 3 months in 1741 *
  38. *Rhode Island Rhode Island Red chickens,first bred in 1854;the start of poultry as a major American industry *
  39. *South Carolina The first tea farm in the U.S.,created in 1890 near Summerville *
  40. *South Dakota The world's largest natural,indoor warmwater pool,Evans' Plunge in Hot Springs *
  41. *Tennessee Graceland, the estate and gravesite of Elvis Presley *
  42. *Texas NASA,in Houston,headquarter s for all piloted U.S. Space projects *
  43. *Utah Rainbow Bridge,the largest natural stone bridge in the world,290 feet high,275 feet across *
  44. *Vermont The largest production of maple syrup in the U.S. *
  45. *Virginia The only full-length statue of George Washington,placed in capitol in 1796 *
  46. *Washington Lunar Rover,the vehicle used by astronauts on the moon;Boeing, in Seattle,makes aircraft and spacecraft *
  47. *West Virginia Marbles;most of the country's glass marbles made around Parkersburg *
  48. *Wisconsin The typewriter,invented in Milwaukee in 1867 *
  49. *Wyoming The "Register of the Desert,"a huge granite boulder covering 27 acres with 5,000 early pioneer names carved on it *
  50. *Hawaii The only royal palace in the U.S. (Iolani) *
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