Interesting State Trivia

[Chas B. Wolfson, SASS #11104]

> STATES AND WHAT THEY ARE FAMOUS FOR (DID YOU EVER IMAGINE?)
>
> ALABAMA ............Was the first state to have 9-1-1, started 1968.
>
> ALASKA .........One out of every 64 people has a pilot's license.
>
> ARIZONA............Is the only state in the continental U.S. That does not
> follow Daylight Savings Time.
> (Obviously had some smart INDIVIDUAL running the
> governing body.)
>
> ARKANSAS...........Has the only active diamond mine in the U.S. Its
> economy is so large that if it were a country, it
> would rank seventh in the entire world. (Who
> said they were hicks and backwards.)?
>
> COLORADO............In 1976 it became the only state to turn down the
> Olympics. (Smart, too bad they had input in the Aspen airport.)
>
> CONNECTICUT........The Frisbee was invented here at Yale University
> (Leave it to the Yaleees to know how to
> spend their free time.)
>
> DELAWARE...........Has more scientists and engineers than any other state.
>
> FLORIDA............ At 874.3 square miles, Jacksonville is the largest
> City in the U.S.
>
> GEORGIA............It was here, in 1886, that pharmacist John Pemberton
> made the first vat of Coca-Cola....interesting!
>
> HAWAII............ Hawaiians live, on average, five years longer than
> residents of any other state.
>
> IDAHO................TV was invented in Rigby, Idaho, in 1922.
>
> ILLINOIS........... Has a Governor in jail, one pending jail, and is the
> most corrupt state in the union! ....
>
> INDIANA............ Home to Santa Claus, Indiana, which gets a half
> million Letters for Santa every year.
>
> IOWA.................Winnebago R.V.s get their name from Winnebago
> County. Also, it is the only state name that begins with 2 vowels.
>
> KANSAS...............Liberal, Kansas has an exact replica of the house in
> "The Wizard of Oz".
>
> KENTUCKY............Has more than $6 billion in gold beneath Ft. Knox.
>
> LOUISIANA............Has parishes instead of counties because they were
> originally Spanish church units.
>
> MAINE...................It is so large that it covers as many square miles
> as the other five New England states combined.
>
> MARYLAND............The Ouija board was created in Baltimore in 1892,, Bet
> you didn't know that!
>
> 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, that
> if you spent 10 minutes in each store, you'd be there almost 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...........Surprised?
>
> NORTH CAROLINA........Home of the first Krispy Kreme doughnut. Thank you
> Lord.
>
> NORTH DAKOTA........... Rigby, North Dakota, is the exact geographic
> Center of North America .
>
> OHIO..........................The hot dog was invented here in 1900. (HOT
> DOGS from OHIO)
>
> 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 in 1885.
> The hamburger was Invented in Arlington 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.........Is 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 Sunday.
> Also the American Water Spaniel
> was created there and is the state dog.
>
> WYOMING....................Was the first state to allow women to vote.

[Yul Lose]

What no Kalifornia???

[Texas Lizard]

What no Kalifornia???

We are noted for four dingbats...All in DC...

 

Texas Lizard

[Blackwater 53393]

There is nothing original in California!! They're famous for messin' up stuff that other's invented!!

 

IT"S A JOKE !!!

[Rye Miles #13621]

What no Kalifornia???

First in illegal aliens and crazy democrat women??

[Yul Lose]

We grow lots of fruits and nuts also.

[Cheyenne Culpepper 32827]

wasn't KFC born in Corbin KY, ate there in '77,

[Rye Miles #13621]

We grow lots of fruits and nuts also.

Yea, but you're weather is AWESOME!!!

[Yul Lose]

Awesome weather attracts lots of awesome wimmen.

[Badlands Bob #61228]

Awesome weather attracts lots of awesome wimmen.

And that's when the trouble began.....

[Smuteye John SASS#24774]

Alabama also has the longest still active constitution in the world.

 

It's been around since 1901 and has over 800 amendments. The high number of amendments is because only 7 of the 60 counties in the state have any sort of home rule. Most of the amendments deal with a strictly local matter in one of those other 60 counties.

[SGT. QUINCANNON, SASS #32999]

California- as seen on TV.