If You're From The US, You May Actually NOT Want To Read These 25 Facts About The States
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There is nothing normal about the U.S.A.
1. Buying sex toys is illegal in Alabama.
You need a doctor's note.
2. Alaska has such a low population density, that if it were moved to Manhattan, there would only be 28 people there.
3. Someone in Arizona has a sense of humor.
S.P. Crater is actually called Shit Pot.
4. It's illegal to mispronounced Arkansas while you're in Arkansas.
Its name's pronunciation derives from French and Sioux origin.
5. The grizzly bear is the California state animal, but there aren't any left alive in the state.
6. A 420 mile marker in Colorado has to be replaced because it kept getting stolen.
7. It was once illegal to drive while gay in Connecticut.
8. A cemetery in Delaware was flooded when the river was rerouted and tombstones continue to wash up on the shore.
9. Public masturbation is a common issue is Florida.
10. Georgia takes it's soda seriously.
They celebrate State Coke day in order to celebrate their pride for the drink.
11. Hamsters and Hummingbirds can cause ecological damage in Hawaii.
12. A potato is dropped instead of a ball on New Year's in Idaho.
13. The Illinois infantry stole a wooden leg during the Mexican-American War and won't return it.
14. Legislators in Indiana once tried to pass a bill that made pi equal 3.2.
15. An Iowa prisoner asked for an odd final meal.
Victor Feguer asked for a single olive with a pit for his last meal. He hoped an olive tree would grow from his body as a sign of peace. He was executed for murder.
16. A wind erosion lab in Kansas was destroyed by a Tornado.
17. It once rained meat in Kentucky.
It's thought that the meat was horse that came from puking vultures. People still ate it.
18. Most of Louisiana's population is in jail.
86% of the population is incarcerated.
19. Maine is home to a fictional murder capital.
Cabot Cove, featured in the Murder She Wrote series, is in Maine, but the town doesn't exist.
20. Flushing a toilet in Maryland.
The tax is about $2.50 a month.
21. Massachusetts has 13 of the windiest cities in the country.
22. Michigan fell for the Nigerian Prince Scam.
They lost $1.2 million when a treasurer in Alcona County received an email from a supposed prince asking to borrow money.
23. Minnesota doesn't appreciate criticism.
The book Main Street was written about how small minded people from Minnesota are. The book was banned in the state.
24. The Muppet's were banned in Mississippi once the cast became racially integrated.
25. It's illegal for margarine to be yellow in Missouri.
It's punishable by up to 6 months in jail.
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