Unrelated History Lesson

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Here are some facts about each of our states -- you will be tested!

ALABAMA ............Was the first state to have 9-1-1, started 1968.
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ALASKA .........One out of every 64 people has a pilot's license.
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> ARIZONA............Is the only state in the continental U.S. that does
> not follow Daylight Savings Time.
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> ARKANSAS...........Has the only active diamond mine in the U.S.
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> CALIFORNIA;............Its economy is so large that if it were a
> country, it would rank seventh in the entire world.
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> COLORADO............In 1976 it became the only state to turn down the Olympics.
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> CONNECTICUT............The Frisbee was invented here at Yale University
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> DELAWARE...........Has more scientists and engineers than any other state.
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> FLORIDA............At 874.3 square miles, Jacksonville is the largest
> city in the U.S.
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> GEORGIA............It was here, in 1886, that pharmacist John
> Pemberton made the first vat of Coca-Cola....interesting!
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> HAWAII............Hawaiians live, on average, five years longer than
> residents of any other state.
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> IDAHO...........TV was invented in Rigby, Idaho, in 1922.
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> ILLINOIS...........Has a Governor in jail, one pending jail, and is
> the most corrupt state in the union!
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> INDIANA............Home to Santa Claus, Indiana, which gets a half
> million letters for Santa every year.
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> IOWA.........Winnebago R.V.s get their name from Winnebago County.
> Also, it is the only state name that begins with 2 vowels.
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> KANSAS............Liberal, Kansas has an exact replica of the house in
> "The Wizard of Oz".
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> KENTUCKY............Has more than $6 billion in gold underneath Fort Knox.
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> LOUISIANA............Has parishes instead of counties because they
> were originally Spanish church units.
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> MAINE............It is so large that it covers as many square miles as
> the other five New England states combined.
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> MARYLAND............The Ouija board was created in Baltimore in
> 1892....... Bet you didn't know that!
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> MASSACHUSETTS.......The Fig Newton is named after Newton, Massachusetts.
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> MICHIGAN............Fremont, home to Gerber, is the baby food capital
> of the world.
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> MINNESOTA.......Bloomington's Mall of America is so big, that if you
> spent 10 minutes in each store, you'd be there almost four days.
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> MISSISSIPPI.....President Teddy Roosevelt refused to shoot a bear
> here... that's how the teddy bear got its name.
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> MISSOURI............Is the birthplace of the ice cream cone.
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> MONTANA ........A sapphire from Montana is in the Crown Jewels of England .
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> NEBRASKA............More triplets are born here than in any other state.
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> NEW HAMPSHIRE.........Birthplace of Tupperware, invented in 1938 by Earl Tupper.
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> NEW JERSEY............Has the most shopping malls in one area in the world.
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> NEW MEXICO............Smokey Bear was rescued from a 1950 forest fire here.
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> NEW YORK............Is home to the nation's oldest cattle ranch,
> started in 1747 in Montauk...........Surprised?
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> NORTH CAROLINA........Home of the first Krispy Kreme doughnut.
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> NORTH DAKOTA........... Rigby, North Dakota, is the exact geographic
> center of North America .
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> OHIO............The hot dog was invented here in 1900.
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> OKLAHOMA............The grounds of the state capital are covered by
> operating oil wells.
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> OREGON............Has the most ghost towns in the country.
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> PENNSYLVANIA............The smiley : ) was first used in 1980 by
> computer scientists at Carnegie Mellon University .
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> RHODE ISLAND............The nation's oldest bar, the White Horse
> Tavern, opened here in 1673.
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> SOUTH CAROLINA.........Sumter County is home to the world's largest gingko farm.
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> SOUTH DAKOTA...........Is the only state that's never had an earthquake.
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> TENNESSEE...........Nashville's Grand Ole Opry is the longest running
> live radio show in the world.
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> TEXAS.......Dr. Pepper was invented in Waco in 1885. The hamburger was
> invented in Arlington in 1906.
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> UTAH...........The first Kentucky Fried Chicken restaurant opened here in 1952.
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> VERMONT..........Montpelier is the only state capital without a McDonald's.
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> VIRGINIA..........Home of the world's largest office building, The Pentagon.
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> WASHINGTON............Seattle has twice as many college graduates as any other state.
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> WASHINGTON D.C.........Is the first planned capital in the world
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> WEST VIRGINIA............Had the world's first brick paved street,
> Summers Street, laid in Charleston in 1870.
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> WISCONSIN............The ice cream sundae was invented here in 1881 to
> get around Blue Laws prohibiting ice cream from being sold on Sunday.
> Also the American Water Spaniel was created there and is the state
> dog.
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> WYOMING.........Was the first state to allow women to vote.
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