DID YOU KNOW

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At mid-century, the people of Nevada were more inclined to kill themselves than those of other states.

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North Dakota

Guest can sleep in a tepee or covered wagon at the 800-acre Flaming Arrow Guest Ranch along the Lewis and Clark Trail near Washburn (pop. 1,389). Hunting,campfire singing and other outdoor actives are offered at the family-owned ranch.

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David Letterman, host of television's "Late Show with David Letterman," was born April 12, 1947, in Indianapolis.

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Santa Claus, Indiana receives over one half million letters and requests at Christmas time.

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Ohio

The man who taught America to write,Platt Rogers Spencer of Geneva (pop. 6,595),created the Spencerian style of penmanship in the 1840s,which soon was adopted by schools nationwide.Spencer also opened his own school to teach handwritting.

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True to its motto, "Cross Roads of America" Indiana has more miles of Interstate Highway per square mile than any other state. The Indiana state Motto, can be traced back to the early 1800s. In the early years river traffic, especially along the Ohio, was a major means of transportation. The National Road, a major westward route, and the north-south Michigan Road crossed in Indianapolis. Today more major highways intersect in Indiana than in any other state.

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Santa Claus, Indiana receives over one half million letters and requests at Christmas time.

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Indiana's shoreline with Lake Michigan is only 40 miles long, but Indiana is still considered a Great Lakes State.

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South Dakota

Beginning in the 1890s,several church denominations spread the Gospel to Wesrern settlers in railrod "chapel cars" One Baptist church on rails,the Emmanuel chapel car,is restored and rests at Historic Village in Madison (pop 6,540). Worship services still are conducted in the car during two weekends a year.

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Kentucky-born Alben W. Barkley was the oldest United States Vice President when he assumed office in 1949. He was 71 years old.

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The Poet Laureate of Indiana, James Whitcomb Riley was born in a two-room log cabin in Greenfield. He glorified his rural Indiana childhood in such poems as "The Old Swimmin' Hole" "Little Orphant Annie", and " When the frost is on the Pumpkin".

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Tap dancers frequently forget to breathe normally during difficult routines, resulting in an average of 200 tap dancing-related tragedies per year.

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Wisconsin

The world's longest Main Street without an intersection is in Porosi (pop. 831). The town sits in a long narrow valley,and Main Street winds for three miles.

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A normal, healthy person moves in his sleep about once every seven or eight minutes.

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In the summer of 1987 4,453 athletes from 38 nations gathered in Indianapolis for the Pan American Games.

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Illinois

One of the first drive-through banking services opened in 1946 at Exchange National Bank in Chicago.Tellers behind bulletproof glass greeted motoring customers,who conveniently used the bank's sliding drawers to make their transactions.

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INDIANA

Donna,the world's oldest hippopotamus in captivity, celebrated her 55th birthday in July at Evansville's Mesker Park Zoo and Botanic Garden.

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IOWA

Since 1926,the Maasdam family has been growing sweet sorghum cane and making sorghum syrup at Maasdam Sorghum Mill nera Lynnville (pop. 366).The mill produces 8,000 to 12,000 gallons of syrup each year,and a 1940s steam engine operates the equipment.

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The first American performance of a Beethoven symphony was in Lexington in 1817.

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Human tonsils can bounce higher than a rubber ball of similar weight and size, but only for the first 30 minutes after they've been removed.