Keep America weird: strangest facts about each state

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Maryland​

Maryland residents pay $2.50 a month for the luxury of owning a toilet.

 

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Massachusetts​

Lake Webster has a second name: Lake Chargoggagoggmanchauggagoggchaubunagungamaugg.

 

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Michigan​

The Great Lake State is likely the only place in the world where you can find cities named both Paradise and Hell.

 

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Minnesota​

The title of the state with the most golfers per capita goes to the Land of 10,000 Lakes.

 

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Mississippi​

We now buy shoes in pairs thanks to a Mississippian. Phil Gilbert decided selling pair of shoes made more sense in 1884.

 

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Montana​

In 1967, two different grizzly bears attacked and killed two women on the same night in Glacier National Park.

 

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Nebraska​

Kool-Aid is the state's official beverage, which makes sense since it was invented there.

 

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Nevada​

There are eight slot machines for each Nevadan in the state.

 

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New Hampshire​

New Hampshire was the first of the 13 original colonies to declare independence from Great Britain, six full months before the Declaration of Independence was signed.

 

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New Jersey​

New Jersey has more diners than any other state in the country. The Garden State is also home to the world's longest boardwalk, located in Atlantic City.

 

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New Mexico​

New Mexicans are a smart bunch. The state has more PhDs per capita than any other other. That's likely because New Mexico has a considerable number of important research facilities.

 

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New York​

The Empire State building is so large it has its own zip code: 10118. The famous skyscraper is 1 of 43 buildings in New York City that has its own zip code.

 

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North Carolina​

North Carolina is deemed the Furniture Capital of the World. The state receives thousands of visitors twice a year to attend the High Point Market furniture exhibition.

 

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New York​

The Empire State building is so large it has its own zip code: 10118. The famous skyscraper is 1 of 43 buildings in New York City that has its own zip code.

Very interesting to know the world is so big and full of possibilities unknown to us.

 

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North Dakota​

This is the least visited state of all in America. The visitors it does receive tend to be in the oil industry.

 

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Ohio​

The Cuyahoga River in Cleveland has caught fire a total of 13 times since 1868 due to its high levels of chemical pollution.

 

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Oklahoma​

Americans everywhere have Sylvan Goldman of Oklahoma to thank for when they go grocery shopping. He introduced the shopping cart to the Humpty Dumpty supermarket in 1937.

 

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Oregon​

Pictured is the world’s smallest park. Mill Ends Park is located in downtown Portland.

 

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Pennsylvania​

A coal mine fire that started 50 years ago is still burning underground in Centralia, a town that lost most of its residents as a consequence and is now a near-ghost town.

 

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Rhode Island​

Newport is home to America's oldest tavern, built in 1673.