Facts about your state or where you come from

South Carolina

You may recall THIS.

 

We have some of the best fishing around

i hate to copy and paste but

Purchase of Alaska: Alaska was purchased from Russia in 1867 for $7.2 million by then Secretary of State William H. Seward.
Entered the Union: Jan. 3, 1959, as the 49th state
Per Capita Personal Income: $30,675 in 2000
Heaviest Annuam Snowfall: 974.5 inches at Thompson Pass near Valdez, during the winter of 1952-53
Tallest Mountain in North America: Mount McKinley at 20,320 feet
Most Glaciers in the Nation: 29,000+ square miles or 5% of the State
Largest Cabbage: 98 Pounds in 1990
Highest Point: Mount McKinley, 20,320 ft
Shoreline: 33,904 miles
Land Area: Alaska is the largest state in the union at 586, 412 square miles (approx. 365,000,000 acres). It's about 1/5 the size fo teh contiguous 48 states. Alaska is about 1390 miles tall and 2210 miles wide. The mean elevation is 1900 ft. The aleutian Islands are 1100 miles long. Alaska has both the eastern, western, northern most points in the U.S.
Largest Glacier: The Maslaspina Glacier at 850 sq miles is the largest. There are more active glaciers and ice fields in Alaska than all the remaining states combined - 100,000 glaciers in all.​

Longest Day: Barrow, 800 miles south of the North Pole, has the longest and hortest day. When the sun rises on May 10th, it don't set for nearly 3 months. When it sets on November 18th, Barrow residents do not see the sun again for nearly two months. The langest day in Anchorage is about 20 hours and the shortest is about 4.5 hours.Temperature Extremes: The highest air temperature recorded in Alaska was 100 degrees F at Fort Yukon in 1915. The lowest temperature, -80 degrees F, was recorded at Prospect Creek Camp in 1971.Earthquakes: America's biggest earthquake, on March 27th 1964, devastated much of Southcentral Alaska. The Good Friday earthquake measured 8.6 on the Richter Scale. This has since revised upward to 9.2 - the strongest ever recorded in North America.Mountains: Alaska has 17 of the 20 highest mountains in North America. Mt McKinley is the highest at 20,320 ft, second is Mt Saint Elias, near Glennallen, at 18,008 ft.National Parks: Alaska has 15 National Parks

 

Texas pete
Nascar
Unc is the first public university in the country
Krispy kreme
Biltmore is the biggest private house in the country
Cheerwine
Bojangles
The new river is the second oldest river in the world

 

There's not a palm big enough my friend.

 

Fort McMurray - No where on earth can kill the ground better then us

 

California has the highest unemployment in the Central Valley besides Detroit.
Our state gov. is the most corrupt.
Taking away most rights from its citizens unless your illegal.
Population is swelling even though there are no jobs.
Why do I live here.

 

Stuart Fl, is the sailfish capital of the world

 

You're right. It's amazing what some research can do.

 

deepest lake in north america
largest obsidian flow in north america

 

The Island of HAwaii also known as the Bigisland has 11 of the worlds 13 climates, no where else you can go skiing then less than a hour go surfing in the warm Pacific ocean!

 

South Africa.
Home of some of the most awesome animals on earth - elephants, giraffes, rhinos, hippos etc.
South Africa is about twice the size of Texas, so you can get from one end to the other in just more than a day's drive, and see everything from rain forests to mountains to grass plains to dessert all in one day.
Toyota Hilux is the most popular truck by far.
National sport is rugby - tougher than football but without any padding.
The population is about 85% black, 10% white and 5% other (asian etc.)


Due to screwed up politics and high crime rates I am now in Florida; have been here for the last 14 years (I just became a US citizen last week)

 

We have the Manitou Incline (and a whole bunch of other really cool places like Wolf Creek).

 

NC State has the 2nd best Construction Engineering program in the country

 

*NV has more gold then anyone in the nation
*Where paying for sex is legal and ok with your wife
*we have yucca mountian where nuclear waste is deposited along with hookers blood test
*Largest desert basin in the US

 

that bastard.

good ones man!

how did i forget bojangles and krispy kreme??!!