A Fun Fact for Each State

[WriterofWords]

NEW MEXICO ... Smokey the Bear was rescued from
a 1950 forest fire here.

That would be SMOKEY BEAR not Smokey THE Bear.

Smokey Bear, the guardian of our forests, has been a part of the American scene for so many years it is hard for us to remember when he first appeared. Dressed in a ranger's hat, belted blue jeans, and carrying a shovel, he has been the recognized forest fire prevention symbol for over 50 years. Today, Smokey Bear is one of the most famous advertising symbols in the world and is protected by Federal Law. He has his own private zip code, his own legal council, and his own private committee to insure that his name is used properly. Smokey Bear is much more than a make-believe paper image; he exists as an actual symbol of forest fire prevention.

Here is a good one for you if you want to vote in NM:
Idiots may not vote in New Mexico
The Constitution of New Mexico (1911) states that any resident over twenty-one may vote, “except idiots, insane persons and persons convicted of a felonious or infamous crime”.​

 

[dappertophatter]

TWENTYFIFTH POST!!!! (ah shoot, only 24th)

NJ has the oldest nuclear power plant in the US (Oyster Creek). Cool and scary at the same time. I've found a SIX-LEAF clover in my backyard, and four-leafers are not uncommon.........

 

[Iowa Roo Mom]

Snake Alley, located in Burlington, IA was dubbed by Ripley's Believe it or Not to be "The crookedest street in the world", and is made of limestone and blueclay bricks.

What?

It's all I could come up with at the moment!

 

[mjdtexan]

I will not be procreating in Nebraska

and Rhode Island is now on my bucket list

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edited to add: the picture above my post is most cool

 

[Iowa Roo Mom]

... Oops ....

 

[michickenwrangler]

MICHIGAN

Birthplace of the Paul Bunyan legend (Bay City reporter at a lumber camp near Oscoda wrote the legend)

Longest coastline in lower 48

Bay City: most antique stores per capita in USA

Only place in the world where you can look directly south and see Canada (from Cobo Hall rooftop in Detroit)

 

[Lunachick]

Some NJ stuff:

http://www.50states.com/facts/newjerse.htm

#16 My father taught HS in Manasquan and Jack Nicholson was one of his students.

 

[Q9]

Quote:
Sweet. NJ is doing it right.

South Carolina was the first state to secede from the Union.

Wilmington, NC was the last free Confederate port during the War Between the States, and thus a major blockade-running area.

Charleston, SC was blockaded by Blackbeard. Although he could have demanded more, all Blackbeard asked for was medicine.

 

[blue fire]

In TN

You can’t shoot any game other than whales from a moving automobile.

Hollow logs may not be sold.

More than 8 women may not live in the same house because that would constitute a brothel.

It is illegal to use a lasso to catch a fish.

“Crimes against nature” are prohibited.

Ministers are to be dedicated to God and therefore are not eligible to hold a seat in either House of the Legislature.

No Christian parent may require their children to pick up trash from the highway on Easter day.

It is legal to gather and consume road-kill.

An ordinance forbids anyone to sing the song "It Ain't Goin' To Rain No Mo'." (Oneida)

In Dyersburg, it is illegal for a woman to call a man for a date.

In Memphis restaurants, it is illegal to give any pie to fellow diners. It is also illegal to take unfinished pie home. All pie must be eaten on the premises.

 

[rebelcowboysnb]

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