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Subject: : Trivia For Each State
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[SIZE=12pt]TRIVIA FOR EACH STATE [/SIZE]
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[SIZE=12pt]Very interesting. Some trivia about something unique about each of our states... [/SIZE]
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[SIZE=12pt]ALABAMA[/SIZE] . Was the first place to have 9-1-1, started in 1968.
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[SIZE=12pt]ALASKA[/SIZE] .. One out of every 64 people has a pilot's license.
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[SIZE=12pt]ARIZONA[/SIZE] ... Is the only state in the continental U.S that doesn't follow Daylight Savings Time.
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[SIZE=12pt]ARKANSAS[/SIZE] .. Has the only active diamond mine in th e U.S.
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[SIZE=12pt]CALIFORNIA[/SIZE] .. Its economy is so large that if it were a country, it would rank seventh in the entire world.
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[SIZE=12pt]COLORADO[/SIZE] . In 1976 it became the only state to turn down the Olympics.
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[SIZE=12pt]CONNECTICUT[/SIZE] .. The Frisbee was invented here at Yale University.
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[SIZE=12pt]DELAWARE[/SIZE] ... Has more scientists and engineers than any other state.
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[SIZE=12pt]FLORIDA[/SIZE] .. At 759 square miles, Jacksonville is the US'S larg est city.
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[SIZE=12pt]GEORGIA[/SIZE] . It was here, in 1886, that pharmacist John Pemberton made the first vat of Coca-Cola.
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[SIZE=12pt]HAWAII[/SIZE] ... Hawaiian's live, on average, five years longer than residents in any other state.
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[SIZE=12pt]IDAHO TV was invented in Rigby, Idaho, in 1922. [/SIZE]
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[SIZE=12pt]ILLINOIS[/SIZE] .. The Chicago River is dyed green every St. Patrick's Day.
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[SIZE=12pt]INDIANA Home to Santa Claus, Indiana, which get a half million letters to Santa every year. [/SIZE]
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[SIZE=12pt]IOWA[/SIZE] .. Winnebagos get their name from Winnebago County Also, it is the only state that begins with two vowels.
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[SIZE=12pt]KANSAS[/SIZE] .. Liberal, Kansas, has an exact replica of the house in The Wizard of Oz
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[SIZE=12pt]KENTUCKY[/SIZE] ... Has more than $6 billion in gold underneath Fort Knox.
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[SIZE=12pt]LOUISIANA[/SIZE] . Has parishes instead of counties because they were originally Spanish church un its.
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[SIZE=12pt]MAINE[/SIZE] ... It's so big, it covers as many square miles as the other five New England states combined.
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[SIZE=12pt]MARYLAND[/SIZE] .. King Williams School opened in 1696. It was the first school in the United States.
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[SIZE=12pt]MASSACHUSETTS[/SIZE] .. The Fig Newton is named after Newton, Massachusetts.
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[SIZE=12pt]MICHIGAN[/SIZE] .. Fremont, home to Gerber, is the baby food capital of the world.
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[SIZE=12pt]MINNESOTA[/SIZE] .. Bloomington's Mall of America is so big, if you spent
10 minutes in each store, you'd be there nearly four days.
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[SIZE=12pt]MISSISSIPPI[/SIZE] - President Teddy Roosevelt refused to shoot a bear here That's how the teddy bear got its name.
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[SIZE=12pt]MISSOURI[/SIZE] ... Is the birthplace of the ice cream cone.
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[SIZE=12pt]MONTANA[/SIZE] .. A sapphire from Montana is one of the Crown Jewels of England.
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[SIZE=12pt]NEBRASKA[/SIZE] ... More triplets are born here than in any other st ate.
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[SIZE=12pt]NEVADA[/SIZE] .. Has more hotel rooms than any other place in the world.
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[SIZE=12pt]NEW HAMPSHIRE[/SIZE] . Birthplace of Tupperware, invented in
1938 by Earl Tupper.
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[SIZE=12pt]NEW JERSEY Has the most shopping malls in one area in the world. [/SIZE]
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[SIZE=12pt]NEW MEXICO[/SIZE] ... Smokey the Bear was rescued from a 1950 forest fire here.
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[SIZE=12pt]NEW YORK[/SIZE] .. Is home to the nation's oldest cattle ranch, started in
1747 in Montauk.
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[SIZE=12pt]NORTH CAROLINA[/SIZE] . Home of the first Krispy Kreme doughnut.
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[SIZE=12pt]NORTH DAKOTA[/SIZE] .. Rigby, North Dakota, is the exact geographic center of North America.
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[SIZE=12pt]OHIO[/SIZE] . The hot dog was invented here in 1900.
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[SIZE=12pt]OKLAHOMA[/SIZE] .. The grounds of the state capital are covered by operating oil wells.
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[SIZE=12pt]OREGON[/SIZE] ... Has the most ghost towns in the country.
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[SIZE=12pt]PENNSYLVANIA[/SIZE] .. The "smiley" was first used in 1980 by compu ter scientists at Carnegie Mellon University.
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[SIZE=12pt]RHODE[/SIZE] ISLAND ... The nation's oldest bar, the White Horse Tavern, opened here in 1673
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[SIZE=12pt]SOUTH CAROLINA[/SIZE] . Sumter County is home to the world's largest gingko farm.
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[SIZE=12pt]SOUTH DAKOTA[/SIZE] .. Is the only state that's never had an earthquake.
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[SIZE=12pt]TENNESSEE[/SIZE] .. Nashville's Grand Ole Opry is the longest running live radio show in the world.
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[SIZE=12pt]TEXAS[/SIZE] .. Dr. Pepper was invented in Waco back in 1885.
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[SIZE=12pt]UTAH[/SIZE] . The first Kentucky Fried Chicken restaurant opened here in
1952
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[SIZE=12pt]VERMONT Montpelier is the only state capital without a McDonald's. [/SIZE]
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[SIZE=12pt]VIRGINIA[/SIZE] . Home of the world's largest office building, the Pentagon.
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[SIZE=12pt]WASHINGTON[/SIZE] . Seattle has the highest proportion of college graduates of any other US city.
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[SIZE=12pt]WASHINGTON[/SIZE] D.C. .. Was t he first planned capital in the world.
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[SIZE=12pt]WEST VIRGINIA[/SIZE] ... Had the world's first brick paved street, Summers Street, laid in Charleston in 1870.
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[SIZE=12pt]WISCONSIN[/SIZE] .. The ice cream sundae was invented here in
1881 to get around Blue Laws prohibiting ice cream from being sold on Sundays.
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[SIZE=12pt]WYOMING[/SIZE] ... Was the first state to allow women to vote.
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[SIZE=12pt]TRIVIA FOR EACH STATE [/SIZE]
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[SIZE=12pt]Very interesting. Some trivia about something unique about each of our states... [/SIZE]
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[SIZE=12pt]ALABAMA[/SIZE] . Was the first place to have 9-1-1, started in 1968.
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[SIZE=12pt]ALASKA[/SIZE] .. One out of every 64 people has a pilot's license.
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[SIZE=12pt]ARIZONA[/SIZE] ... Is the only state in the continental U.S that doesn't follow Daylight Savings Time.
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[SIZE=12pt]ARKANSAS[/SIZE] .. Has the only active diamond mine in th e U.S.
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[SIZE=12pt]CALIFORNIA[/SIZE] .. Its economy is so large that if it were a country, it would rank seventh in the entire world.
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[SIZE=12pt]COLORADO[/SIZE] . In 1976 it became the only state to turn down the Olympics.
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[SIZE=12pt]CONNECTICUT[/SIZE] .. The Frisbee was invented here at Yale University.
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[SIZE=12pt]DELAWARE[/SIZE] ... Has more scientists and engineers than any other state.
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[SIZE=12pt]FLORIDA[/SIZE] .. At 759 square miles, Jacksonville is the US'S larg est city.
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[SIZE=12pt]GEORGIA[/SIZE] . It was here, in 1886, that pharmacist John Pemberton made the first vat of Coca-Cola.
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[SIZE=12pt]HAWAII[/SIZE] ... Hawaiian's live, on average, five years longer than residents in any other state.
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[SIZE=12pt]IDAHO TV was invented in Rigby, Idaho, in 1922. [/SIZE]
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[SIZE=12pt]ILLINOIS[/SIZE] .. The Chicago River is dyed green every St. Patrick's Day.
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[SIZE=12pt]INDIANA Home to Santa Claus, Indiana, which get a half million letters to Santa every year. [/SIZE]
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[SIZE=12pt]IOWA[/SIZE] .. Winnebagos get their name from Winnebago County Also, it is the only state that begins with two vowels.
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[SIZE=12pt]KANSAS[/SIZE] .. Liberal, Kansas, has an exact replica of the house in The Wizard of Oz
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[SIZE=12pt]KENTUCKY[/SIZE] ... Has more than $6 billion in gold underneath Fort Knox.
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[SIZE=12pt]LOUISIANA[/SIZE] . Has parishes instead of counties because they were originally Spanish church un its.
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[SIZE=12pt]MAINE[/SIZE] ... It's so big, it covers as many square miles as the other five New England states combined.
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[SIZE=12pt]MARYLAND[/SIZE] .. King Williams School opened in 1696. It was the first school in the United States.
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[SIZE=12pt]MASSACHUSETTS[/SIZE] .. The Fig Newton is named after Newton, Massachusetts.
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[SIZE=12pt]MICHIGAN[/SIZE] .. Fremont, home to Gerber, is the baby food capital of the world.
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[SIZE=12pt]MINNESOTA[/SIZE] .. Bloomington's Mall of America is so big, if you spent
10 minutes in each store, you'd be there nearly four days.
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[SIZE=12pt]MISSISSIPPI[/SIZE] - President Teddy Roosevelt refused to shoot a bear here That's how the teddy bear got its name.
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[SIZE=12pt]MISSOURI[/SIZE] ... Is the birthplace of the ice cream cone.
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[SIZE=12pt]MONTANA[/SIZE] .. A sapphire from Montana is one of the Crown Jewels of England.
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[SIZE=12pt]NEBRASKA[/SIZE] ... More triplets are born here than in any other st ate.
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[SIZE=12pt]NEVADA[/SIZE] .. Has more hotel rooms than any other place in the world.
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[SIZE=12pt]NEW HAMPSHIRE[/SIZE] . Birthplace of Tupperware, invented in
1938 by Earl Tupper.
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[SIZE=12pt]NEW JERSEY Has the most shopping malls in one area in the world. [/SIZE]
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[SIZE=12pt]NEW MEXICO[/SIZE] ... Smokey the Bear was rescued from a 1950 forest fire here.
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[SIZE=12pt]NEW YORK[/SIZE] .. Is home to the nation's oldest cattle ranch, started in
1747 in Montauk.
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[SIZE=12pt]NORTH CAROLINA[/SIZE] . Home of the first Krispy Kreme doughnut.
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[SIZE=12pt]NORTH DAKOTA[/SIZE] .. Rigby, North Dakota, is the exact geographic center of North America.
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[SIZE=12pt]OHIO[/SIZE] . The hot dog was invented here in 1900.
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[SIZE=12pt]OKLAHOMA[/SIZE] .. The grounds of the state capital are covered by operating oil wells.
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[SIZE=12pt]OREGON[/SIZE] ... Has the most ghost towns in the country.
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[SIZE=12pt]PENNSYLVANIA[/SIZE] .. The "smiley" was first used in 1980 by compu ter scientists at Carnegie Mellon University.
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[SIZE=12pt]RHODE[/SIZE] ISLAND ... The nation's oldest bar, the White Horse Tavern, opened here in 1673
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[SIZE=12pt]SOUTH CAROLINA[/SIZE] . Sumter County is home to the world's largest gingko farm.
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[SIZE=12pt]SOUTH DAKOTA[/SIZE] .. Is the only state that's never had an earthquake.
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[SIZE=12pt]TENNESSEE[/SIZE] .. Nashville's Grand Ole Opry is the longest running live radio show in the world.
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[SIZE=12pt]TEXAS[/SIZE] .. Dr. Pepper was invented in Waco back in 1885.
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[SIZE=12pt]UTAH[/SIZE] . The first Kentucky Fried Chicken restaurant opened here in
1952
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[SIZE=12pt]VERMONT Montpelier is the only state capital without a McDonald's. [/SIZE]
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[SIZE=12pt]VIRGINIA[/SIZE] . Home of the world's largest office building, the Pentagon.
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[SIZE=12pt]WASHINGTON[/SIZE] . Seattle has the highest proportion of college graduates of any other US city.
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[SIZE=12pt]WASHINGTON[/SIZE] D.C. .. Was t he first planned capital in the world.
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[SIZE=12pt]WEST VIRGINIA[/SIZE] ... Had the world's first brick paved street, Summers Street, laid in Charleston in 1870.
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[SIZE=12pt]WISCONSIN[/SIZE] .. The ice cream sundae was invented here in
1881 to get around Blue Laws prohibiting ice cream from being sold on Sundays.
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[SIZE=12pt]WYOMING[/SIZE] ... Was the first state to allow women to vote.
