Facts-about-states

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 874.3 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...................Has a Governor in jail. one pending jail &
the most corrupt state in the union!

INDIANA ...Home to Santa Claus, Indiana , which get a half million
letters to Santa every year.

IOWA.............Winnebago 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.

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. The Hamburger was invented in Arlington, Texas in 1906.

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.