How Does Your State Rate?
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ALABAMA ... Was the first place to have 9-1-1, started in 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 doesn't
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 759 square miles, Jacksonville is the U.S.'s largest
city.
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GEORGIA ... It was here, in 1886, that pharmacist John Pemberton
made the first vat of Coca-Cola.
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HAWAII ... Hawaiians live, on average, five years longer than
residents in any other state.
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IDAHO ... TV was invented in Rigby, Idaho, in 1922.
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ILLINOIS ... The Chicago River is dyed green every St. Patrick's
Day.
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INDIANA ... Home to Santa Claus, Indiana, which get a half million
letter to Santa every year.
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IOWA ... Winnebagos get their name from Winnebago County. Also, it
is the only state that begins with two 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's so big, it covers as many square miles as the other
five New England states combined.
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MARYLAND ... The Oujia board was created in Baltimore in 1892.
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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, if you spent
10 minutes in each store, you'd be there nearly 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 the Crown Jewels of England.
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NEBRASKA ... More triplets are born here than in any other state.
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NEVADA ... Has more hotel rooms than any other place in the world.
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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 the 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.
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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 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 back in 1885.
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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. ... Was 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 Sundays.
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WYOMING ... Was the first state to allow women to vote.
[ Author Unknown -- from 'Buffalos Chips' (buffalos-g-jokes.yahoogroups.com) ]
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