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State
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A gender reveal tannerite bomb ignited here caused a small earthquake over 2 states
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New Hampshire
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Was a small independent country for 14 years
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Vermont
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It’s capital is named after an German politician
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North Dakota
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Has the only active diamond mine of the USA
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Arkansas
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The first cookbook about American food was published here in 1796
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Connecticut
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Has the most telescopes of any state in the world (hint: clear sky)
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Arizona
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First US Baseball match was played here (“New York Nine” vs “Knickerbockers”)
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New Jersey
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Has the grasshopper glacier (grasshoppers were stuck in the ice)
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Montana
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Has the oldest soccer team (founded 1975) despite not playing top level until 2011
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Oregon
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Only royal palace of the USA
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Hawaii
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Has the oldest living thing in the world, being around 4000 years old (a tree obviously)
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California
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Has the oldest rock in the world, being 3.8 billions years old
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Minnesota
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First immigrant child was born here in 1587
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North Carolina
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Helium was discovered (researched) here, also one of the most helium rich areas in the world
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Kansas
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First electric traffic light installed here in 1914, some say the only 2 cars of this state in 1895 crashed
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Ohio
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Top producer in glass marbles
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West Virginia
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Has the steepest railroad in the US with an 60° incline, but is also only 300 feet long
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Iowa
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Has the probably simplest club name possible, the __ Hockey Club
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Utah
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First US tea farm
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South Carolina
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There are 200 times more chicken than people in this state
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Delaware
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This state forbids by law to fish with bare hands, dynamite, crossbows or fire arms
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Indiana
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There are 11 million bourbon whiskey barrels or 2.5 per capita in this state
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Kentucky
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This state made milk their official drink of choice (Sorry I can’t tell you how that works)
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Louisiana
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The Ouija Board was invented here in 1890 (“cursed” spooky tool to communicate with ghosts)
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Maryland
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You can never be more than 85 miles away from any major lake in this state
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Michigan
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