WEIRD FACTS ABOUT STATESBelow is a collection of weird facts about states. Every state has something unique about it, however dubious the distinction may be. Scroll down to find out what makes YOUR state one of a kind! You may or may not be pleased to know.
ALABAMA
Alabama is the only state with all major natural resources needed to make iron and steel. Alabama is the only state where biology textbooks have a warning sticker stating that evolution is a controversial theory. *************************************************************** ALASKA
Alaska is the only state that does not collect state sales tax or individual income tax. *************************************************************** ARIZONA Arizona is the only state that has an English-only law in its public schools. *************************************************************** ARKANSAS Arkansas is the only state in which diamonds have been mined.
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CALIFORNIA California is the only state in the nation with independent professional judges dedicated to ruling on attorney discipline cases. California is the only state with five major league baseball teams. *************************************************************** COLORADO Colorado is the only state in history to turn down an offer to host the Olympics. *************************************************************** CONNECTICUT Connecticut is the only state that does not have a state statute covering home schooling (according to a 1996 survey by the Education Commission of the States). ***************************************************************
DELAWARE Delaware is the only state that has no national park within its boundaries, though it has over a dozen state parks. *************************************************************** FLORIDA Florida is the only state with legislation on who can teach swimming. Life guards and swimming instructors must, by law, be certified.
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GEORGIA Georgia is the only state that does not guarantee a lawyer for a condemned inmate's appeals. ***********************************************************************************
HAWAII Hawaii is the only state that was once a kingdom with its own Monarchy.
*********************************************************************************** IDAHO Idaho is the only state that does not have a veteran’s cemetary.
*********************************************************************************** ILLINOIS Illinois is the only state in the nation that provides universal pre-school for all children. *********************************************************************************** INDIANA Indiana is the only state that regulates and certifies hypnotists. *********************************************************************************** IOWA Iowa is the only state bordered completely on two sides by rivers.
*********************************************************************************** KANSAS As of May 2006, Kansas is the only state with no minimum age requirement for getting married. ***********************************************************************************
KENTUCKY Kentucky has the only waterfall in the world with a regularly occurring moonbow (a moonbow is like a rainbow but appears at night). *********************************************************************************** LOUISIANA Louisiana is the only state in the union that does not have counties. Its political subdivisions are called parishes.
*********************************************************************************** MAINE Maine is the only state that shares its border with only one other state. *********************************************************************************** MARYLAND Maryland is the only state whose judges wear red robes. *********************************************************************************** MASSACHUSETTS Massachusetts is the only state recognizing same-sex marriages.
*********************************************************************************** MICHIGAN Michigan is the only state in the union to offer two state fairs – the Michigan State Fair, the oldest in the United States operating since 1849, and the Upper Peninsula State Fair celebrating its 79th year in Escanaba.
*********************************************************************************** MINNESOTA Minnesota is the only state to have an official state photograph.
*********************************************************************************** MISSISSIPPI Mississippi is the only state in which over two thirds of its residents are classified as either overweight or obese. *********************************************************************************** MISSOURI Missouri is the only state that still has its own schools for severely disabled students.
*********************************************************************************** MONTANA Montana is the only state with no daytime speed limit. ***********************************************************************************
NEBRASKA The only roller skating museum in the world is located in Lincoln. ***********************************************************************************
NEVADA Rare fish such as the Devils Hole Pup, are found only in Devils Hole. ***********************************************************************************
NEW HAMPSHIRE New Hampshire is the only state that does not require its public schools to offer kindergarten. ***********************************************************************************
NEW JERSEY New Jersey is the only state in the Union that requires a code of humane standards for farm animals.
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NEW MEXICO New Mexico is the only state in the USA that is officially bilingual, with both English and Spanish as recognized official languages.
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NEW YORK New York’s Fashion Institute of Technology is the only school in the world offering a Bachelor of Science Degree with a Major in Cosmetics and Fragrance Marketing. *********************************************************************************** NORTH CAROLINA North Carolina is the only state in which the governor does not have veto power. ***********************************************************************************
NORTH DAKOTA North Dakota is the only state without voter registration. Voters are not required to register. *********************************************************************************** OHIO Ohio is the only state whose flag is shaped like a pennant.
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OKLAHOMA Oklahoma is the only state with an oil well on the state capital grounds .
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OREGON The flag of Oregon is the only state flag with different pictures on each side. *********************************************************************************** PENNSYLVANIA
Pennsylvania is the only state mining anthracite coal. *********************************************************************************** RHODE ISLAND
Rhode Island is the only state that still designates Victory Day as a legal holiday.
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SOUTH CAROLINA South Carolina is the only state that doesn't allow bartenders to pour drinks from regular-sized bottles of liquor. Instead, they must use tiny individual sized bottles like the kind you might see on an airplane.
*********************************************************************************** SOUTH DAKOTA South Dakota is the only state in the union without a state-funded scholarship program. ***********************************************************************************
TENNESSEE Tennessee is the only state in which the Supreme Court appoints the attorney general. ***********************************************************************************
TEXAS Texas was the only state to enter the United States by treaty instead of territorial annexation. *********************************************************************************** UTAH Utah is the only state in the country where the entire state is in the extreme drought category.
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VERMONT Vermont is the only state without a McDonald's in its capital. ***********************************************************************************
VIRGINIA Virginia is the only state in the U.S. that limits governors to one term.
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WASHINGTON Washington is the only state that features both deserts AND rain forests.
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WEST VIRGINIA West Virginia is the only state in which all areas are classified as mountainous. ***********************************************************************************
WISCONSIN Wisconsin is the only state ever to declare the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 unconstitutional.
*********************************************************************************** WYOMING Wyoming is the only state in the nation that has no published sodomy cases.
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