50 Weird Facts About All 50 States of America

Here is a list of the 50 weirdest facts about all 50 states of America

1. Alabama - It is Illegal to salt a railroad track
2. Alaska - Cat named Honorary mayor of talkeetna, Ak
3. Arizona - Has the most well-preserved meteor crater
4. Arkansas - Hosts duck calling world championships
5. California - Where fortune cookies were invented
6. Colorado - Has almost as many ghost towns as it does live ones
7. Connecticut - where lollipops were named
8. Delaware - the only state with no national parks
9. Florida - Home of the psychic capital of the world [Cassadaga]
10. Georgia - Hosts the largest poultry convention in the world
11. Hawaii - The only state that's rabies-free
12. Idaho - Hosts world championship porcupine race
13. Illinois - Official language is American, not English
14. Indiana - First successful goldfish farm
15. Iowa - Illegal to smooch for longer than 5 minutes
16. Kansas - Home of the first pizza hut
17. Kentucky - Location of the first-hand transplant
18. Louisiana - Holds international joke-telling contest
19. Maine - Until 2003, It produced 90% of the country's toothpicks
20. Maryland - State cat is the calico because its color matches the state flag
21. Massachusetts - Where packaged frozen food was invented
22. Michigan - You are never more than 6 miles from a lake
23. Minnesota - Their state flower can live for a century
24. Mississippi - Where shoes were first sold in pairs
25. Missouri - Sold the first loaf of sliced bread
26. Montana - Humans are outnumbered by elk, deer, and antelope
27. Nebraska - Where arbor day began
28. Nevada - La vegas consumes more than 6000 pounds of shrimp per day
29. New Hampshire - Where the first potato was planted in the U.S
30. New Jersey - State with the most diners
31. New Mexico - Where the first atom bomb was tested
32. New York - Where packaged toilet paper was first produced
33. North Carolina - Aka the furniture capital of the world
34. North Dakota - Least visited state
35. Ohio - Home of America's best bathroom contest
36. Oklahoma - Home to more astronauts than any other state
37. Oregon - Houses the largest collection of carousel animals
38. Pennsylvania - Produces the most mushrooms in the U.S
39. Rhode Island - State drink is coffee milk
40. South Carolina - State dance is “The Shag”
41. South Dakota -  Home of the mashed potato wrestling contest
42. Tennessee - State capitol's architect is buried with its wall
43. Texas - Produces most of our helium
44. Utah - Consumes more Jell-O than anywhere else
45. Vermont - Only state whose capital doesn't have a McDonald's
46. Virginia - More presidents come from VA than any other state
47. Washington - Where Father's Day began
48. West Virginia - Shipped world's largest shipment of matches
49. Wisconsin - Has Hamburger hall of fame
50. Wyoming - State with the fewest people