Here is a sample of some fun and interesting facts that just may surprise you. We will be adding more over time.
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Tennessee was previously named Franklin after Benjamin Franklin.
Harry S.
Truman's middle name is S.
The 1st public
message to be transmitted via Morse code was "A patient waiter is no
loser."
Pennsylvania is
misspelled on the Liberty Bell.
The original
name of Nashville, Tennessee was Big Salt Lick.
During the
Boston Tea Party, 342 chests of tea were thrown into the harbor.
The Mayflower
only held 102 People.
The first
American gold rush happened in North Carolina, not California.
George
Washington didn’t have wooden teeth. His dentures were made of gold, hippopotamus
ivory, lead, and human and animal teeth (including horse and donkey teeth).
President
William McKinley had a pet parrot that he named "Washington Post."
David Rice
Atchison was President of the United States for only one day.
Theodore
Roosevelt was the only president who was blind in one eye.
The name of the
city of Portland, Oregon was decided by a coin toss. The name that lost was
Boston.
The Capitol
building in Washington, D.C. has 365 steps to represent every day of the year.
South Carolina
is home to the first tea farm in the U.S.
The state of
Alabama once financed the construction of a bridge by holding a rooster
auction.
The amount of
concrete used in the Hoover Dam could build a highway from New York to
California.
Abraham Lincoln
was the tallest U.S. President at 6'4". James Madison was the shortest at
5'4".
The state of
Maine has 62 lighthouses.
Tennessee banned
the use of a lasso to catch fish.
There is a town
in Alaska called Chicken.
Manhattan Island
was once home to as many different species as Yellowstone National Park.
New Jersey is
home to the world's first drive-in movie theater.
The Statue of
Liberty's nose is four feet six inches long.
Detroit has the
greatest number of registered bowlers in the U.S.
Four Corners, AZ, is the only place where a person can stand in 4 states at the same time.
The first lighthouse to use electricity was the Statue of Liberty in 1886.
Four Corners, AZ, is the only place where a person can stand in 4 states at the same time.
The first lighthouse to use electricity was the Statue of Liberty in 1886.
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