1000 Facts About the United States

1000 Facts About the United States

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In California, it's illegal to set a mousetrap without a hunting license. There's a competition in Delaware where contestants shoot pumpkins out of cannons. Hawaii is considered to be the happiest state. Grand Central Station in Chicago has more radiation than is allowable at a nuclear power plant. Iowa has the highest literacy rate in the country. Kansas means "South Wind." In Connecticut, a pickle isn't a pickle unless it bounces. There was a hurricane in Mississippi that was so powerful, it cut an island in two. Women aren't allowed to dress up as Santa Claus in Minnesota. The largest snowflake ever landed in Montana. There's a museum dedicated to roller skating in Nebraska. It's illegal to kiss someone in Nevada if you have a moustache. Basketball, volleyball, marshmallow fluff and the birth control pill come from Massachusetts. There's a town in Maryland called Chevy Chase. There's a group of blue-skinned people who live in Kentucky.

Book information

ISBN: 9780244007294
Publisher: Lulu Press
Imprint: Lulu.com
Pub date:
Language: English
Number of pages: 170
Weight: 127g
Height: 178mm
Width: 108mm
Spine width: 9mm