California Fun Facts
First published: Thursday December 17th, 2020
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Part 6 of the 50 part series. This time going to California
- 1 out of 8 residents living in the United States live in California
- Fallbrook, California is the avocado capital of the world
- San Francisco is the only place where cable cars are still in use.
- If California’s economic size were measured by itself to other countries, it would rank the 7th largest economy in the world.
- Los Angeles is the 4th largest economy compared to other states.
- California's state motto is "Eureka!!"
- For one month in 1846, California was an independent country.
- California has more people than the entire country of Canada.
- California averages over 100,000 earthquakes a year.
- California is home to the biggest tree in the world by volume. The General Sherman is about 52,500 cubic feet by volume and at a circumference at the ground at 102.6 feet.
- California is the only state that has hosted the Summer and Winter Olympics.