The state mammal of Texas are armadillos. The only creature alive to carry leprosy.

The first daily newspaper was published in Philadelphia on Sept. 21, 1784.

Betsy Ross made the first American flag in Philadelphia.

Detroit... Motor City... Motown! Lots of great music! The Great Lakes (plus another 11,000 lakes inland), Big Mac! (No, not the burger!) Mackinac Bridge 5 miles long connecting the upper and lower peninsula and Mackinac Island. More coastline than any other state except Alaska. Battle Creek is the cereal capital of the world thanks to Kellogg's. There's lots more but I'll stop bragging. Lol ?

Quebec is the only Canadian province with a majority of French speakers. We held two referendums about separating ourselves from Canada to become an independant country, but both times, the answer was no, including a nail-biting 50.5% in 1995. Almost all of our electricity is made with hydroelectric dams. Our contribution to fast food is poutine (nothing to do with the russian president). Our cars only have license plates in the back, not in the front. We have our motto on our licence plates, "Je me souviens", which means "I remember".

The name Quebec comes from an Anishinabeg (Algonquin) word meaning "where the river narrows". That's because when you sail the St. Lawrence river upstream, the river narrows in front Quebec City.

Grew up in Michigan, that has the nation's longest freshwater shoreline.

At age 21, moved to Washington to climb mountains and stayed.

Washington has five major volcanoes as part of the Cascade Range: Mount Baker, Glacier Peak, Mount Rainier, Mount Adams and Mount St. Helens.

Victoria (Australia) is Australia's second smallest state by area, but it is still slightly larger than Utah. It has 1800 km (1125 miles) of coastline.

Oregon became a state on Valentine's day so if you're single on Valentine's day you can celebrate Oregon's statehood instead! (Or if you're me, hold your annual Everything Inappropriate Alternative Valentine's day party)

Ky has a worthless evangelical governor

Pennsylvania... philly cheesesteaks. And I'm a purest about it. No peppers allowed.
I grew up about a mile and a half from Pearl S Bucks home. It was a huge estate.

My home state is also NJ. While I agree about diners ... they are all over the Garden State, What is with all the Dunkin Donuts? They are also very prevalent too.

Chicago's nickname "The Windy City" comes not from the wind off the lake but the hot air from the local politicians.

Well, I heard Pennsylvania is referred to as the greenest state in the union, lol.
Because it RAINS all the time.

North Bergen, NJ where I'm from has the second steepest hills in US. 1st San Fran.

My birth town boasts the invention of the friction match by John Walker, the first commercial steam locomotive passenger service, and was the home of the first ever Miss World Ivy Close.
Were I live now is no where near as interesting.

Well. I was going to go with diners which I never heard of until living in NJ

My county is the 4th largest appe growing area. Peoplwe here believe New York City should be its own state. People here are not as smart as they could be.