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Did you know...? The first ever call to 911 was made in Alabama on 2/16/1968.
Did you know...? If Manhattan, New York had the same polulation density as Alaska, only 16 people would be living on the island! Alaska has the lowest population density in the nation.
Did you know...? The world's best-preserved meteor crater can be found in Winslow, Arizona.
Did you know...? Arkansas is the only state where you can dig for diamonds. The park's motto is "You find it. You keep it. No matter how valuable it is."
Did you know...? California was named after Queen Calafia, who ruled an island paradise in a 16th-century Spanish novel. When the Spanish explorers arrived, they believed they had discovered this fabled island.
Did you know...? The tallest sand dunes in North America can be found in Colorado. The landscape spans 149,512 acres, with dune peaks around 8,000 feet high.
Did you know...? The first Nuclear Submarine made in Connecticut launched on January 21, 1954.
Did you know...? Delaware was the first state to ratify the US Constitution giving it it's (unoffical) nickname of the "First State"
Did you know...? Everglades National Park is the only place in the world where alligators and crocodiles coexist, living side by side.
Did you know...? Georgia's largest crop is not the famous peach. It's pecans!
Did you know...? Hawaii was once an Independent Kingdom, the only US state that was.
Did you know...? Idaho's flag and state seal are the only in the union to be designed by a woman.
Did you know...? Illinois was the very first state to ratify the 13th Amendment.
Did you know...? There is a creek that runs under Indianapolis. Pogue's Run, which used to go directly through the city, continuously flooded the it; so in 1915, they buried the creek.
Did you know...? More than 25% of Iowa's energy is wind powered. It has the most concentrated group of wind turbines in the US!
Did you know...? Scientists compared the topography on Kansas to a pancake from IHOP and determind that the state is "flatter than a pancake".
Did you know...? Old Louisville has the biggest Victorian architecture in the world, built in the 1850s-1920s.
Did you know....? The longest overwater bridge(s) in the world is in Louisiana. There are 9,500 concrete pilings that support these bridges, and the longer of the two runs for 23.83 miles. While it is known as The Causeway, it's full name is the Lake Pontchartrain Causeway (Chaussée du lac Pontchartrain in French).
Did you know...? 89.46% of Maine is forested, making it the most forested state.
Did you know...? The world's first umbrella factory is in Maryland. In 1828 the Beehler Umbrella factory opened.
Did you know...? The oldest school in the US is in Boston. It's called Boston Latin, and was established in 1635.
Did you know...? Michigan has 36,350 miles of rivers.
Did you know...? Globally, the largest network of skyways is in Minneapolis. It links up 80 blocks contiguously for a distance of 9.5 miles.
Did you know...? Mississippi gets its name from the Ojibwe word "misi-ziibi" meaning "Great River".
Did you know...? There are caves in Missouri that contain government-owned cheese. As of 2019, the collection contained 1.4 billion (yes with a "b") pounds of surplus cheese in the US.
Did you know...? Jeanette Rankin was the first woman to hold federal office of any kind, and elected as the first woman Representative. She was voted in twice, and famously, was the only member of Congress to vote against the US entering World War II
Did you know....? 91% of Nebraska is made up of farmland, with 1 in 4 jobs being related to agriculture.
Did you know...? Nevada has 314 named mountain ranges.
Did you know...? On December 30, 1828 the first strike organized by women workers in the US took place in New Hampshire. Nearly half of the 800 million women walked out in protest to the not just a 'no talking on the job' policy, but to protest a reduction in their wages by 5 cents a day, while men were paid at a higher rate.
Did you know...? In October 1858, the first complete dinosaur skeleton was found in Haddonfield, New Jersey. It was also the first dinosaur skeleton to be publicly displayed.
Did you know...? Just weeks before the atomic bomb was dropped in Nagasaki, Japan, the first atomic bomb was tested and dropped in Jornada del Muerto on July 16, 1945.
Did you know...? Typically twice every 24 hours, the Hudson River will flow northwards due to low and high tide.
Did you know...? Blackbeard terrorized the coast off North Carolina for years, before being killed by British Naval forces off the coast in the Outer Banks in 1718
Did you know...? The number of people in the state are outnumbered by cattle. There are about 1.8 million cattle, and about 750,000 people.
Did you know...? 24 Astronauts are from Ohio, including John Glenn, and Neil Armstrong.
Did you know...? Between 1950 and 2022 Oklahoma has had 4184 tornadoes. On average, it gets hit with at least 57.3 tornadoes per year.
Did you know...? Crater lake is the deepest lake in the US at 1,943 feet deep!
Did you know...? The oldest-known site of human habitation in North America is located in Washington County, Pennsylvania dating back 16,000 years.
Did you know...? Rhode Island was the very first state to commit to a goal of 100% renewable energy. It aims to do so by 2030.
Did you know...? There is a tree that is expected to be between 400 - 500 years old (some estimates put it more than 1500 years old!). It is called the Angel Oak and stands about 66.5 ft tall and is 28 feet in circumference. It can provide enough shade to cover 17,200 square feet.
Did you know...? The Badlands in the western region of the state is one of the richest fossil beds on earth. Badlands National Park covers 244,000 acres and saber-toothed cats, three-toed horses, and marine life have been found here!
Did you know...? There are more than 10,000 documented caves in Tennessee.
Did you know...? The first Black Indigenous woman to hold a pilot license was born in Atlanta, Texas. She was also the first Black person to earn an international pilot license on June 15, 1921.
Did you know...? There are over 2,000 documented arches in Utah's Arches National Park. That is the highest concentration of naturally occuring stone arches in the world.
Did you know...? Not only is Vermont the only state without a Skyscraper, it also has the smallest captial city in the US, with only 8,000 people.
Did you know...? There are 38 independent cities in Virginia that are not part of any country.
Did you know...? In 1859 John Brown started one of the most well-known anti-slavery protests in Harpers Ferry, West Virginia.
Did you know...? Washington state produces more apples than any other state in the country.
Did you know...? Wisconsin is the birthplace of the first hydroelectric plant in the world. It was built at Fox River in Appleton, Wisconsin 1882.
Did you know...? Wyoming was the first state in the nation to grant women the right to vote.
Did you know...? D.C. has not always been the captial. The first Congress met at Federal hall in New York City. Even for a short time, Philadelphia served as the temporary capital. In 1800, it finally settled in Washington, D.C.
map of the 13 colonies plus a few bonus questions