Facts about your state or where you come from

HEY, I was going to say that.

 

Washington~ We can discharge a firearm any where we want as long as we are 300ft from a building!

 

Hawaii IS one of the most active volcanoes in the world which has been active for more then 20 years

 

Georgia

We supply the surrounding states with some of the best college football palyers in the country, while our teams are consistently sub par.

 

That is sweet!

 

HAwaii has also the most diverse ethnic groups per square mile in the world, also known as the biggest melting pot!

 

Little Known Texas Facts!


Beaumont to El Paso: 742 miles - Beaumont to Chicago: 770 miles. El Paso is closer to California than to Dallas

World's first rodeo was in Pecos... July 4, 1883.

The Flagship Hotel in Galveston is the only hotel in North America built over water.

The Heisman Trophy was named after John William Heisman who was the first full time coach for Rice University, Houston.


Brazoria County has more species of birds than any other area in North America. Aransas Wildlife Refuge is the winter home of North America's only remaining flock of whooping cranes.


Jalapeno jelly originated in Lake Jackson in 1978.

The worst natural disaster in U.S. history was in 1900 caused by a hurricane in which over 8000 lives were lost on Galveston Island.


The first word spoken from the moon, July 20, 1969, was "Houston."

King Ranch is larger than Rhode Island.

Tropical Storm Claudette brought a U.S. rainfall record of 43" in 24 hours in and around Alvin in July 1979.

Texas is the only state to enter the U.S. by TREATY, instead of by annexation. (This allows the Texas flag to fly at the same height as the US flag.)


A Live Oak tree near Fulton is estimated to be 1500 years old.

Caddo Lake is the only natural lake in the state.

Dr Pepper was invented in Waco in 1885. There is no period after Dr in Dr Pepper.

Texas has had six capital cities.
1. Washington-on-the-Brazos
2. Harrisburg
3. Galveston
4. Velasco
5. West Columbia
6. Austin

The Capitol Dome in Austin is the only dome in the U.S. which is taller than the Capitol Building in Washington D.C. (by 7 feet).


The name Texas comes from the Hasini Indian word "tejas" meaning friends. Tejas is not Spanish for Texas.

The State animal is the Armadillo. *
*An interesting bit of trivia about the armadillo is they always have four babies! They have one egg which splits into four and they either have four males or four females.


The first domed stadium in the U.S. was the Astrodome in Houston.

 

King Ranch - 825,000 acres also privately held
Parker Ranch - 135,000 acres

Probably some rich guy lol

 

Washington

Age of consent is 16...

 

Hawaii was the first state to have a escalator which was in the Alamoana shopping center

 

Colorado Grand Mesa worlds largest flat top mountain, Continental divide, seperates mainland east from west. But Hawaii (Mountain View on the Big Island) Is great because my mom lives there

 

North Carolina

Birth of flight (screw you ohio) Home of pepsi and vick vapor rub (the vvr from my hometown is why i know that) The best bbq (vinegar based FTW) Great beaches and mountains Home to the best city in america , Raleigh the reason you can eat fresh apples all year long (learned that in a class last year. some type of coating developed at my university is a patented type of deal that they spray on them) pretty sure we're the worlds leader in production of sweet potatoes and pork Home of Hardees (Carls Jr for you westerners) The best college basketball programs




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Parker ranch has more than 135,000 acres

 

Gainesville GA It's illegal to eat fried chicken with a fork.

Kennesaw GA It's illegal to not own a gun.

Athens-Clark County GA It's illegal to fart at the state fair.

 

Florida....


We actually had Nazi troops invade here durring WW2 from a U Boat
U Boat Captains used Bethel Shoals, off the coast near Sebastain Inlet, as a navigation point. The watch towers stood till a hurricane wrecked them in 2006, unexploded bombs wash up there every ten years or so
There is one, if not two U Boats sunk in the Gulf of Mexico
Jim Morrison, from the Doors was born at Banana River Navy base which later became Patrick Airforce Base. He lived in Downtown Melbourne untill he was three
There is more Spanish gold and silver in the ocean not found, that has been recovered by Mel Fisher Interprises to date.
Florida once Belonged to Spain
Florida had the second largest Eagle population in the United States, second only to Alaska.
Florida has put a man on the moon. Beat that Mississippi...

 

Washington had the first revolving restaurant

 

Hawaii`s own Kamehameha school which is a private school for Hawaiians has the most money and assets than any other school organization in AMERICA, not even Harvard or schools like it come even close

 

This is actually false.

 

Y'all also supply the Asian countries with the majority of their chopsticks.