A Fun Fact for Each State

[3goodeggs]

The entire county of Duval is the city limits for Jacksonville Fla. So the City of Jacksonville is not all 'city', It is just taxed that way.

 

[TheOLDNewChick]

Louisiana's 23.87-mile Lake Pontchartrain Causeway is the longest bridge over water in the United States.

Louisiana leads the nation in the production of crawfish with approximately 100 million pounds of crawfish per year. About half of the production comes from the Atchafalaya Basin and half from an extensive aquaculture system which involves some 135,000 acres of ponds throughout the state.

The site of the oldest known Louisiana civilization is Poverty Point in West Carroll Parish, where an Indian village existed 2,700 years ago.

Baton Rouge was the site of the only battle fought outside of the original 13 colonies during the American Revolution. On September 21, 1779, forces friendly to the American side captured Baton Rouge from the British.

 

[oldrooster]

"You cannot pump your own gas." This one is still in effect in NJ

I think it's also illegal in Oregon also and from what I understand gas stations across the state lines of those states have to post signs and tell people they have to pump their own and many people whom lived in those states all of their adult lives don't know how to pump their own gas....