*ALABAMA ... Was the first place to have 9-1-1, started in 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 759 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 in any other state.

* IDAHO .. TV was invented in Rigby, Idaho, in 1922.

* ILLINOIS .. The Chicago River is dyed green every St. Patrick's Day.

* 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 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 Oujia 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, 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.

* NEVADA .... Has more hotel rooms than any other place in the world.

* 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 back in 1885.

* 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. ... Was 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

*WYOMING...WAS THE FIRST STATE TO ALLOW WOMEN TO VOTE.

Yea we do...

Bomp - your data is old

Yes, afterall I did stay up all night researching states just to post this for you...
It's from an email, Happy....Or always unhappy I guess I should say....

fight nice girls

What is a gingko?

Why wasn't the first KFC opened in Kentucky?

cause there its just fried chicken....

only until the coaster trip

MB: isn't it an herb that treats anything that ails you

A Gingko is a tree.

not picking here Barbarian; but wouldn't a tree farm be an orchard? well maybe we are both right; the gings are herbs from trees, who knows?

Actually pale... i think you are both wrong



no evidence to say so ... just trying to stir the pot...

you and that pot d-cubed, you and that pot

You've redeemed yourself...I'm over it

A Gingko is a tree, Gingko Biloba is an herbal remedy made from the leaves of that tree.

I thought Gingkos is where you go to get copies made.

no, no -- Gingkos - its that little green guy who does those insurance commercials

My state's fact is boring. How about Atlanta is Georgia's 5th State Capitol.

well speaking of 5; my state has had the flags of at least than many countries flying over it (actully 6)

Mexico, France, US, Spain and the independent country of Texas!

Seems like the author could've highlighted cooler Michigan stuff than baby food...for instance:

Battle Creek is the home of Frosted Flakes & Pop Tarts.
Colon (seriously, Colon) is the Magic Capital of the World.
Michigan has a town named Union and a town named Climax, but they aren't very close together.
Michigan also has a Paradise and a He l l.

They just weren't trying very hard.

Another reason TX is no.1!!

Paramus, NJ, in Bergen County; its Zip Code, 07652, boasts more retail sales per year than any other Zip Code in the United States--and the stores are closed on Sundays in Bergen County!