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Cleveland in this state had the country’s first traffic light in 1914. | 80%
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Has the longest coastline in the U.S., 6,640 miles, greater than that of all other states combined | 68%
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This is only state to be named after a president. | 60%
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It is also home to the first official National Park – Yellowstone. | 54%
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The first baseball stadium was built in Pittsburgh in 1909. | 54%
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The only state that shares its borders with only one other US state | 54%
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This state is home to Mount Rushmore, the world’s largest mountain carving. | 54%
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This state's largest city was nearly named Boston, but was named Portland after three tosses of a penny. | 54%
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This state was named in honor of King Louis XIV. | 54%
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Graceland, the estate and gravesite of Elvis Presley, can be found in this state. | 52%
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In 1945, the world’s first atomic bomb was detonated on the White Sands Testing Range in this state. | 52%
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Home of General Motors, Ford, Dow and Kellogg's. | 50%
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The Wright Brothers made the first successful powered flight here in 1903. | 50%
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Was an independent nation between 1836 to 1845. | 50%
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Its largest city was long inhabited and known as 'Manahatta' by the Lenape people. | 48%
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The last state admitted to the union. It occurred in 1959. | 48%
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Was named for England’s “Virgin Queen,” Elizabeth I. | 48%
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Founded in 1565, Saint Augustine is the oldest European settlement in the United States. | 46%
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Its derby is the oldest continuously held horse race in the United States. | 46%
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This state has tried to remove the word North from its name several times, but it never passes the legislative assembly. | 46%
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Someone who lives in this state is known as a Hoosier. | 44%
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Cities in this state hosted the Lincoln-Douglas debates that brought attention to the issue of slavery. | 38%
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Known as 'Big Sky Country.' | 38%
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Known as 'The Badger State.' | 38%
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The first Electric Trolley System in the world was brought to life in this state in 1886, in the city of Montgomery. | 38%
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The New Haven District Telephone Company published the first telephone book in this state in 1878. | 38%
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United States presidents John Adams, John Quincy Adams, John Fitzgerald Kennedy and George H.W. Bush were all born in Norfolk County in this state. | 38%
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Home of the Charleston. | 36%
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Mentioned in a popular John Denver song. | 36%
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Thomas Edison created the light bulb and more in his Menlo Park laboratory in this state.. | 36%
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Known as 'The Hawkeye State' | 34%
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The United States Naval Academy was founded in Annapolis here in 1845. | 34%
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“General Sherman” is a 3,500-year-old tree in this state. It is one of the oldest living things on the planet. | 32%
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Completion of the world’s first transcontinental railroad happened here in 1869. | 30%
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President Calvin Coolidge was born here, and he was the only US president born on the fourth of July. | 26%
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In this state, he entire town of American Falls was moved in the 1920 when the American Falls Dam was built. | 20%
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The final of the original thirteen colonies to become a state. | 16%
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Annapolis in this state experienced the most destructive tornado on record in 1925. | 14%
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Coca-Cola was first bottled in this state in 1894. | 14%
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The only active diamond mine in the United States is in this state. | 14%
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Known for its dark skies, this state has the largest collection of optical telescopes on Earth. | 12%
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Setting of Willa Cather's My Antonia (1918). | 12%
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The first of the original colonies to declare its independence from England. | 12%
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Inventors in this state created the dial telephone in 1889, the helicopter in 1909, and the frozen carbonated drink machine in 1961. Its university also discovered helium in 1905. | 10%
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The country’s first steam railroad began in New Castle in this state in 1831. | 10%
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Eagle Mountain is the highest point in this state. | 8%
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In 1935, the first parking meter was installed in this state's capital city. | 8%
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Samuel Clemens (Mark Twain) began his writing career as a reporter in the area. | 8%
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The first steamship to cross the Atlantic started its journey in this state. | 8%
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The first rodeo in the world was held here, in 1869, in Deer Trail. | 2%
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