A FUN FACT FOR EACH OF THE 50 US STATES (UNVERIFIED)

Although unverified, some of this stuff rings true.  In any event, it's fun!  Find your home State and see what you think.  For my readers from other than the US, learn some interesting things about the United States.






ALABAMA .................. Was the first place to have 9-1-1, started in 1968.  (Probably to get fast medical aid to injured football players and fans!)


ALASKA ..................... One out of every 64 people has a pilot's license.  (And that's probably because they couldn't pass their driver's license test on those icy roads!)


ARIZONA ................... Is the only state in the continental U.S.
that doesn't follow Daylight Savings Time.  (I wish other States would follow Arizona's lead!)


ARKANSAS ................ Has the only active diamond mine in the U.S.  (I know some women who'll move there after reading this!)


CALIFORNIA .............. Its economy is so large that if it were a
country, it would rank 7th in the entire world.  (I think California should be a separate country!)


COLORADO ................ In 1976 it became the only state to turn
down the Olympics.  (There's got to be a good reason for this, but I sure can't think of one!)


CONNECTICUT ........... The Frisbee was invented here at Yale University.  (Now who who would have thunk that!  A flying saucer, maybe, but a frisbee?)


DELAWARE .............. Has more scientists and engineers than any other state.  (The question begs to be asked:  WHY?)


FLORIDA .................At 874.3 square miles, Jacksonville is the
US's largest city.  (And, from living in Florida for many a year, I'll add "and is the birthplace of the Early Bird Dinner Special!  And is lovingly referred to as the land of the newly wed and nearly dead!")


GEORGIA .................... It was here, in 1886, that pharmacist
John Pemberton made the first vat of Coca-Cola.  (I recall reading somewhere that the original batches actually contained cocaine and were sold for medicinal purposes.  No wonder everyone liked it so much that it became the number one selling beverage in the world!) 


HAWAII ..................... Hawaiians live, on average, five years
longer than residents of any other state.  (Could it be because they get more leys than the rest of us?  Nahhh, it's got to have something to do with the weather or the volcanic ash!)


IDAHO ....................... TV was invented in Rigby, Idaho, in 1922.
(And the world went downhill from there.)


ILLINOIS ...................Has a Governor in jail, one pending jail & is perhaps the most corrupt state in the union.  (And we elected a President from that State!  Makes you wonder.)


INDIANA ...Home to Santa Claus, Indiana , which gets a half million letters to Santa every year.  (What do they do with all that unfowardable mail?)


IOWA .............Winnebago get their name from Winnebago County .  Also, it is the only state that begins with two vowels.  (Has anyone from Iowa ever won a spelling bee?)


KANSAS .................Liberal, Kansas , has an exact replica of the
house in The Wizard of Oz.  (Who lives in that house????)


KENTUCKY .............Has more than $6 billion in gold underneath Fort Knox.  (GOOD GRIEF!  Don't remind the politicians because they'll want to tax it or spend it!)


LOUISIANA .............Has parishes instead of counties because they
were originally Spanish church units.  (Only one out of 50 isn't bad.  I guess they march to the beat of a different drummer!)


MAINE ...................... It's so big, it covers as many square
miles as the other five New England states combined.  (If you look at the tiny size of the other five, that's not that big of an accomplishment!)


MARYLAND .............. The Ouija board was created in Baltimore in 1892.  ("Oui" being French for yes, and "ja" being German for yes, I would have guessed Europe!)


MASSACHUSETTS ....... The Fig Newton is named after Newton , Mass and where the first chocolate chip cookie was created.  (Is this also where Wayne Newton was born?  Probably not.)


MICHIGAN .....Fremont, home to Gerber, is the baby food capital of the world.  (One has to wonder how many babies they have fed since their inception.  I'm guessing eleventeen gazillion.)


MINNESOTA ............ Bloomington 's Mall of America is so big, if
you spent 10 minutes in each store, you'd be there nearly four days.
(In the middle of a Minnesota winter, it may take you four days to just drive there!)


MISSISSIPPI ............. President Teddy Roosevelt refused to shoot a bear here .... that's how the teddy bear got its name.  (Good for you, Mr. President!  I'm pretty much against hunting myself.)


MISSOURI ............... Is the birthplace of the ice cream cone.  (I knew there was something I really liked about this State!  Show me the cone!  A chocolate one, please.)


MONTANA .............A sapphire from Montana is in the Crown Jewels of England.  (I SAY LET'S GET THE DAMN THING BACK HOME WHERE IT BELONGS!  And any jobs that went along with it, too!)


NEBRASKA ............... More triplets are born here than in any other state.  (Good grief!  I'm glad I never lived there!)


NEW HAMPSHIRE ...... Birthplace of Tupperware, invented in 1938 by Earl Tupper.  (A true All-American invention that helped change the world and made it a better place.  Thanx Earl!)


NEW JERSEY ............ Has the most shopping malls in one area in the world.  (Guys, if you can't find your wife, mother, or daughter, try looking somewhaere in Jersey!)


NEW MEXICO ............ Smokey the Bear was rescued from a 1950 forest fire here.  (Weird.  I never knew there was a real "Smokey The Bear"!)


NEW YORK ................ Is home to the nation's oldest cattle ranch,
started in 1747 in Montauk.  (I'm sure there are tons of Texans who'd dispute this one!)


NORTH CAROLINA ..... Home of the first Krispy Kreme doughnut.  (God Bless America, and especially NC and Krispy Kreme.  Amen!)


NORTH DAKOTA ....... Rugby , North Dakota , is the exact geographic center of North America .  (Who measures this stuff?  And what kind of a ruler do they use?)


OHIO ......................... The hot dog was invented here in 1900.  (And I'm sure there are lots of New Yorkers who'd dispute this one!)


OKLAHOMA ............... The grounds of the state capital are covered by operating oil wells.  (How pretty is that!?!)


OREGON .................... Has the most ghost towns in the country.  (Now that rings spooky!)


PENNSYLVANIA ......... The smiley,  : )  was first used in 1980 by
computer scientists at Carnegie Mellon University.  (Gee, is that all they could come up with?)


RHODE ISLAND ......... The nation's oldest bar, the White Horse
Tavern, opened here in 1673.  (God Bless America and especially Rhode Island and the White Horse Tavern.  Amen!)


SOUTH CAROLINA ..... Sumter County is home to the world's largest gingko farm.  (Wow!  How did I make it this far without knowing that!?!)


SOUTH DAKOTA ....... Is the only state that's never had an earthquake.  (Given the Law of Averages, watch out South Dakota!  The next rumbling you feel may not be from your neighbor's snow blower or tractor!)


TENNESSEE ................ Nashville's Grand Ole Opry is the longest
running live radio show in the world.  (And without a doubt, the best, too!)


TEXAS ....................... Dr. Pepper was invented in Waco back in
1885. The Hamburger was invented in Arlington in 1906.  (Now this tidbit of information is really strange - Dr. Pepper and hamburgers?  Two things I wouldn't immediately associate Texas with!)


UTAH ........................ The first Kentucky Fried Chicken
restaurant opened here in 1952.  (Hmmmm,  I would have guessed Kentucky!  Makes more sense to me than Utah!)


VERMONT ..............Montpelier is the only state capital without a McDonald's.  (Way to go, Montpelier!)


VIRGINIA ............Home of the world's largest office building...The Pentagon.  (I never thought of the Pentagon as an "office building" before!)


WASHINGTON...............Seattle has twice as many college graduates as any other state.  (Perhaps that's because there is absolutely nothing else to do in Washington?)


WASHINGTON D.C. .... Was the first planned capital in the world.
(And it worked.  Well, it used to work.)


WEST VIRGINIA ......... Had the world's first brick paved street,
Summers Street, laid in Charleston in 1870.  (A dubious distinction for this Blue Ridge Mountain state!)


WISCONSIN ............... The ice cream sundae was invented here
in1881 to get around Blue Laws prohibiting ice cream from being sold on Sundays.  (God bless America and especially Wisconsin and the ice cream sundae.  Amen!)


WYOMING .................Was the first state to allow women to vote.
(No comment!!!)


Note:  A special thanks to my friend MR for sending the original
e-mail to me.  I took the liberty of adding comments  in parentheses.)