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Has a name that comes from a Native American word
Kansas: "people of the wind"
Nebraska: "flat water"
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Has a point of over 5,000 ft elevation
Panorama Point is 5,427 ft above sea level.
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Has multiple cities with metro area population over 200,000
Omaha: 466,893
Lincoln: 284,736
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Has voted Republican in every presidential election since 1968
The last time Kansas and Nebraska voted for different presidential candidates was 1908: Kansas went for Taft, while Nebraska voted for William Jennings Bryan.
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Is in the first half of the states when listed alphabetically
Kansas is #16; Nebraska is #27
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Is home to one of the ten richest people in the world (not counting royalty or dictators)
Warren Buffet (#3) lives in Omaha. Charles Koch (tied for #8) lives in Wichita.
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Is home to the "board of education" in Brown v. Board of Education
Full name: Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka
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Is on historic U.S. Route 66 (from Chicago to Southern California)
Runs through the southeastern corner for 13.2 miles.
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Is on the Missouri River
12.
Is one of the 15 largest states in terms of area
At 82,278 square miles, Kansas is larger than Belarus.
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Is one of the 15 smallest states in terms of population
Nebraska has a population of just under 2,000,000, which is less than the metro area population of Pittsburgh.
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Is one of the top ten whitest U.S. states
Nebraska is #12; Kansas is #17.
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Is one of the top two corn-producing states
Nebraska is #3; Kansas is #7. Iowa is #1.
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Is the birthplace of a U.S. president
Gerald Ford was born in Omaha.
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Is the location of the geographic center of the lower 48 states
It's in Lebanon, Kansas.
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The state capital is the largest city
Kansas: Topeka vs. Wichita
Nebraska: Lincoln vs. Omaha
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Was completely contained within the Louisiana Purchase
Also true of Arkansas, Iowa, Missouri, and Oklahoma
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Was not a state during the Civil War
Nebraska was admitted as the 37th state in 1867.