06-12-2012, 08:33 PM
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What states are famous for
WHAT STATES ARE FAMOUS FOR.
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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 doesn't follow Daylight Savings Time.
ARKANSAS ... Has the only active diamond mine in the U.S.
CALIFORNIA ... Its economy is so large that if it were a country, it would rank seventh in the entire world.
COLORADO ... In 1976 it became the only state to turn down the Olympics.
CONNECTICUT ... The Frisbee was invented here at Yale University.
DELAWARE ... Has more scientists and engineers than any other state.
FLORIDA ... At 874.3 square miles, Jacksonville is the U.S.'s largest city.
GEORGIA ... It was here, in 1886, that pharmacist John Pemberton made the first vat of Coca-Cola.
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 to Santa every year.
IOWA ... Winnebagos get their name from Winnebago County. Also, it is the only state name that begins with two vowels.
KANSAS ... Liberal, Kansas, has an exact replica of the house in The Wizard of Oz.
KENTUCKY ... Has more than $6 billion in gold underneath Fort Knox.
LOUISIANA ... Has parishes instead of counties because they were originally Spanish church units.
MAINE ... It's so big, it covers as many square miles as the other five New England states combined.
MARYLAND ... The Ouija board was created in Baltimore in 1892.
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 nearly 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.
NORTH CAROLINA ... Home of the first Krispy Kreme doughnut.
NORTH DAKOTA ........... Rigby, North Dakota, is the exact geographic center of North America.
OHIO ... The hot dog was invented here in 1900.
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 Sundays. Also the American Water Spaniel was created here and is the state dog.
WYOMING ... Was the first state to allow women to vote.
07-12-2012, 12:03 PM
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Re: What states are famous for
I'm afraid you are incorrectIn the summer of 1921, a 15-year old Idaho farm boy called Philo T. Farnsworth
came up with an idea for how to make a truly electronic television system including the camera and display.
Flushed with enthusiasm, he sketched his idea on a blackboard for his high school science teacher.
Over the years, Philo solved the problems that had thwarted other contenders.
By the early 1930s, Philo could transmit moving pictures with resolutions of several hundred lines,
and all subsequent televisions are directly descended from his original designs.
So who was the true Father of Television?
This ubiquitous invention, like many others,
had many people contributing to its creation.
It's obvious, however, that much of the credit for making electronic television should probably go to Philo Farnsworth.
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http://www.unmuseum.org/tvinvent.htm
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07-12-2012, 12:52 PM
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Invented in various US states according to the list, Hotdogs, Hamburgers, Krispy Kreme Doughnuts, Ice creme cones, is it any wonder they have an obesity problem today, not to worry though, Connecticut comes to the rescue by inventing the 'Frisbee'.
08-12-2012, 11:49 AM
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Re: What states are famous for
Originally Posted by BowieEyes
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I come from Yorkshire and that is the largest County in England. And a great place too.
08-12-2012, 12:52 PM
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Re: What states are famous for
Originally Posted by oldbugger
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You forgot to mention Ed Gein in Wisconsin.
I guess they would prefer if his connection was not mentioned.
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http://www.biography.com/people/ed-gein-11291338
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It would be nice if we had a full collection of English Counties and some famous links
Perhaps there is one out there in cyber land.?
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08-12-2012, 01:48 PM
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Re: What states are famous for
Originally Posted by Michael
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.I guess they would prefer if his connection was not mentioned.
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http://www.biography.com/people/ed-gein-11291338
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It would be nice if we had a full collection of English Counties and some famous links
Perhaps there is one out there in cyber land.?
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