What States Are Famous For‏

Professional Engineer & PE Exam Forum

Help Support Professional Engineer & PE Exam Forum:

This site may earn a commission from merchant affiliate links, including eBay, Amazon, and others.

knight1fox3

Jedi MASTER & Friend of Capt. Solo
Joined
Dec 30, 2009
Messages
16,366
Reaction score
4,067
Location
Brew City!
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.

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 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............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 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.

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 Sunday. Also the American Water Spaniel was created there and is the state dog.

WYOMING.........Was the first state to allow women to vote.

 
Last edited by a moderator:
List is outdated...Il has one governor in Jail, one out on parole and most the most corrupt.
Noticed the same thing. Unless they outlaw mindless populism, I think the current governor will break the string of felons holding that office.

 
WASHINGTON............Seattle has twice as many college graduates as any other state.


Seattle is a city, why are they comparing it to other states?
I didn't create the list but got it in an email and thought it might be interesting to pass on. Perhaps Washington doesn't have anything else noteworthy. :p

 
Last edited by a moderator:
Wyoming only gave women the right to vote because it didn't have enough registered voters to become a state. It's like they went to play a softball game and were forced to go co-ed so someone could play outfield.

 
Wyoming only gave women the right to vote because it didn't have enough registered voters to become a state. It's like they went to play a softball game and were forced to go co-ed so someone could play catcher outfield.
Fixed :dancingnaughty: :mf_boff:

 
WASHINGTON............Seattle has twice as many college graduates as any other state.


Seattle is a city, why are they comparing it to other states?
It's like saying the state of Texas is bigger than the country of Nepal. Just illustrating that a smaller "entity" has more/is bigger than a bigger one.

 
WASHINGTON............Seattle has twice as many college graduates as any other state.


Seattle is a city, why are they comparing it to other states?
It's like saying the state of Texas is bigger than the country of Nepal. Just illustrating that a smaller "entity" has more/is bigger than a bigger one.


There's no way Seattle has twice as many college graduates as any other state does. I think something was lost in the telling on this one.

 
PENNSYLVANIA............The smiley : ) was first used in 1980 by computer scientists at Carnegie Mellon University .

More importantly, the smiley cookie. First used at eat'n'park in 1986.

 
WASHINGTON............Seattle has twice as many college graduates as any other state.


Seattle is a city, why are they comparing it to other states?
It's like saying the state of Texas is bigger than the country of Nepal. Just illustrating that a smaller "entity" has more/is bigger than a bigger one.


There's no way Seattle has twice as many college graduates as any other state does. I think something was lost in the telling on this one.


They're all English literature or Womens' Studies grads...

 
WASHINGTON............Seattle has twice as many college graduates as any other state.


Seattle is a city, why are they comparing it to other states?
It's like saying the state of Texas is bigger than the country of Nepal. Just illustrating that a smaller "entity" has more/is bigger than a bigger one.


There's no way Seattle has twice as many college graduates as any other state does. I think something was lost in the telling on this one.


They're all English literature or Womens' Studies grads...


Aaaaaaaaand now you know why they have so many coffee shops.

 
or maybe

Seattle has the most college graduates working at a coffee shop, and complaining about raising minimum wage.....

or maybe

Seattle has the most college graduates writing stories on the internet while living in their parents basement because they don't want to 'conform to society's demands'

(sorry, I couldn't resist, However, I'm from :wv: where we have middle school drop outs complaining about minimum wage while living in their parents trailer)

 
Back
Top