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| Crater Lake, Oregon |
NORTH DAKOTA (population: 723,393)............ Rigby, North Dakota is the exact geographic center of North America .
OHIO (population: 11,570,808)................................The hot dog was invented here in 1900.
OKLAHOMA (population: 3,850,568)................... The grounds of the state capital are covered by operating oil wells.
OREGON (population: 3,930,065)............................Has the most ghost towns in the country.
PENNSYLVANIA (population: 12,773,801)............The smiley : ) was first used in 1980 by computer scientists at Carnegie Mellon University .
RHODE ISLAND (population: 1,051,511).............The nation's oldest bar, the White Horse Tavern, opened here in 1673.
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| Spectacular foliage in October in Vermont |
SOUTH DAKOTA (population: 844,877)............Is the only state that's never had an earthquake.
TENNESSEE (population: 6,495,193).................. Nashville 's Grand Ole Opry is the longest running live radio show in the world.
TEXAS (population: 26,448,193).................................Dr. Pepper was invented in Waco in 1885. The hamburger was invented in Arlington in 1906.
UTAH (population: 2,900,872)................The first Kentucky Fried Chicken restaurant opened here in 1952.
VERMONT (population: 626,741)..................... Montpelier is the only state capital without a McDonald's.
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| The Grand Tetons Mountain Range in Wyoming |
WASHINGTON (population: 6,971,406)............... Seattle has twice as many college graduates as any other state.
WEST VIRGINIA (population: 1,854,304)..............Had the world's first brick paved street, Summers Street, laid in Charleston in 1870.
WISCONSIN (population: 5,742,713)......................The ice cream sundae was invented here in 1881 to get around Blue Laws prohibiting ice cream from being sold on Sundays.
WYOMING (population: 582,658)..........................Was the first state to allow women to vote.
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