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Alabama

George Washington Carver discovered more than 300 uses for peanuts

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Alaska

The longest coastline in the U.S., 6,640 miles, greater than that of all other states combined

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Arizona

The most telescopes in the world, located in Tucson

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Arkansas

The only active diamond mine in the U.S.

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California

"General Sherman," a 3,500-year-old tree, is one of the world's oldest living things

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Colorado

The world's largest silver nugget (1,840 pounds) found in 1894 near Aspen

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Connecticut

The first American cookbook, published in Hartford in 1796: American Cookery by Amelia Simmons

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Delaware

The first log cabins in North America, built in 1683 by Swedish immigrants

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Florida

U.S. spacecraft launchings from Cape Canaveral, formerly Cape Kennedy

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Georgia

The Girl Scouts, founded in Savannah by Juliette Gordon Low in 1912

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Hawaii

The only royal palace in the U.S. (Iolani)

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Idaho

The longest main street in America, 33 miles, located in Island Park

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Illinois

The tallest building in the U.S., Sears Tower, located in Chicago

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Indiana

The famous car race: the Indy 500

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Iowa

The shortest and steepest railroad in the U.S., Dubuque: 60° incline, 296 feet

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Kansas

Helium discovered in 1905 at the University of Kansas

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Kentucky

The largest underground cave in the world: 300 miles long, the Mammoth-Flint Cave system

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Louisiana

The most crayfish: 98% of the world's crayfish

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Maine

The most easterly point in the U.S., West Quoddy Head

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Maryland

The first umbrella factory in the U.S., 1928, Baltimore

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Massachusetts

The first World Series, 1903: the Boston "Americans" (became the Red Sox in 1908) vs. the Pittsburgh Pirates

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Michigan

The Cereal Bowl of America, Battle Creek, produces most cereal in the U.S.

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Minnesota

The oldest rock in the world, 3.8 billion years old, found in Minnesota River valley

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Mississippi

Coca-Cola, first bottled in 1894 in Vicksburg

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Missouri

Mark Twain and some of his characters, such as Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn

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Montana

Grasshopper Glacier, named for the grasshoppers that can still be seen frozen in ice

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Nebraska

The only roller skating museum in the world, located in Lincoln

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Nevada

Rare fish such as the Devils Hole pup, found only in Devils Hole, and other rare fish from prehistoric lakes

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New Hampshire

Artificial rain, first used near Concord in 1947 to fight a forest fire

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New Jersey

The world's first drive-in movie theater, built in 1933 near Camden

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New Mexico

"Smokey Bear," a cub orphaned by fire in 1950, buried in Smokey Bear Historical State Park in 1976

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New York

The first presidential inauguration: George Washington took the oath of office in New York City on April 30, 1789

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North Carolina

Virginia Dare, the first English child born in America, on Roanoke Island in 1587

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North Dakota

The geographic center of North America, in Pierce County, near Balta

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Ohio

The first electric traffic lights, invented and installed in Cleveland in 1914

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Oklahoma

The first parking meter, installed in Oklahoma City in 1935

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Oregon

The world's smallest park, totaling 452 inches, created in Portland on St. Patrick's Day for leprechauns and snail races

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Pennsylvania

The first magazine in America: the American Magazine, published in Philadelphia for 3 months in 1741

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Rhode Island

Rhode Island Red chickens, first bred in 1854; the start of poultry as a major American industry

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South Carolina

The first tea farm in the U.S., created in 1890 near Summerville

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South Dakota

The world's largest natural, indoor warmwater pool, Evans' Plunge in Hot Springs

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Tennessee

Graceland, the estate and gravesite of Elvis Presley

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Texas

NASA, in Houston, headquarters for all piloted U.S. space projects

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Utah

Rainbow Bridge, the largest natural stone bridge in the world, 290 feet high, 275 feet across

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Vermont

The largest production of maple syrup in the U.S.

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Virginia

The only full-length statue of George Washington, placed in capitol in 1796

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Washington

Lunar Rover, the vehicle used by astronauts on the moon; Boeing, in Seattle, makes aircraft and spacecraft

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West Virginia

Marbles; most of the country's glass marbles made around Parkersburg

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Wisconsin

The typewriter, invented in Milwaukee in 1867

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Wyoming

The "Register of the Desert," a huge granite boulder covering 27 acres with 5,000 early pioneer names carved on it

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