DID YOU KNOW

Post by **noreply66** » Thu Feb 08, 2007 9:22 am

Kansas

Known as the world's greatest meteorite hunter,Harvey H. Nininger,born on 1887 in Conway Springs (pop. 1,322) ,amassed a vast collection of space rocks and opened the world's first meteorite museum in 1946 near Meteor Crater in Winslow,Ariz.(pop.9,520)

BubbleGumTiger · Post by **BubbleGumTiger** » Thu Feb 08, 2007 1:18 pm

During the great Depression of the 1930's 1 in every 4 Hoosier factory hands was out of work, farmers sank deeper in debt, and in southern Indiana unemployment was as high as 50%.

BubbleGumTiger · Post by **BubbleGumTiger** » Fri Feb 09, 2007 2:51 am

The mental development of a moron does not exceed that of a normal twelve-year-old.

BubbleGumTiger · Post by **BubbleGumTiger** » Sat Feb 10, 2007 6:27 am

The great Man o' War won all of his horse races except one which he lost to a horse named Upset.

BubbleGumTiger · Post by **BubbleGumTiger** » Sat Feb 10, 2007 11:03 pm

Dodge City is the windiest city in the United States.

Post by **noreply66** » Sun Feb 11, 2007 9:30 am

MICHIGAN

One of the most influential labor leaders of the 20th century,Walter P. Reather,moved to Detroit in the mid-1920s and served as president of the United Auto Workers from 1946 to 1970,helping develop the workingman's benefits package,from health care to pensions.

BubbleGumTiger · Post by **BubbleGumTiger** » Sun Feb 11, 2007 5:51 pm

Pacific Park, on the venerable Santa Monica Pier, re-creates the amusement parks once dotting the ocean areas along the Pacific Coast. Featured are 11 amusement rides including the 1910-vintage hand-carved merry-go-round appearing in the movie "The Sting."

BubbleGumTiger · Post by **BubbleGumTiger** » Mon Feb 12, 2007 12:23 pm

Iowa's longest and highest bridge crosses Lake Red Rock.

BubbleGumTiger · Post by **BubbleGumTiger** » Mon Feb 12, 2007 9:08 pm

The first black woman to win an Academy Award was Kansan Hattie McDaniel. She won the award for her role in "Gone with the Wind."

Post by **noreply66** » Wed Feb 14, 2007 9:17 am

Minnesota--Opened in 2002,The Museum of Russian Art in Minneapolis is the only U.S. museum dedicated solely to Russian art from the Soviet era,1921 to 1991.

BubbleGumTiger · Post by **BubbleGumTiger** » Wed Feb 14, 2007 12:05 pm

Elk Horn, Iowa is the largest Danish settlement in the United States.

BubbleGumTiger · Post by **BubbleGumTiger** » Thu Feb 15, 2007 9:46 am

Glenn Miller, noted trombonist and orchestra leader, was born in Clarinda located in Southwest Iowa.

BubbleGumTiger · Post by **BubbleGumTiger** » Fri Feb 16, 2007 10:11 pm

The first black woman to win an Academy Award was Kansan Hattie McDaniel. She won the award for her role in "Gone with the Wind."

Post by **noreply66** » Sat Feb 17, 2007 9:24 am

MISSOURI

One of the nation's top radio programming executives,Les Garland,co-founded the popular music channels MTV and VHI,and most recently The Tube Network,a music channel accessible to people with digital TV tuners.Garland grew up in Springfield.

BubbleGumTiger · Post by **BubbleGumTiger** » Sat Feb 17, 2007 10:52 pm

The graham cracker was named after the Reverend Sylvester Graham (1794-1851). He was a Presbyterian minister who strongly believed in eating whole wheat flour products.

BubbleGumTiger · Post by **BubbleGumTiger** » Sun Feb 18, 2007 12:15 pm

Kansas inventors include Almon Stowger of El Dorado who invented the dial telephone in 1889; William Purvis and Charles Wilson of Goodland who invented the helicopter in 1909; and Omar Knedlik of Coffeyville who invented the first frozen carbonated drink machine in 1961.

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BubbleGumTiger · Post by **BubbleGumTiger** » Sun Feb 18, 2007 4:10 pm

A comprehensive multi-year study using pattern-recognition software determined that Millard Fillmore is the most common identifiable U.S. president seen in cloud formations.

ItownHosscat · Post by **ItownHosscat** » Sun Feb 18, 2007 4:14 pm

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BubbleGumTiger · Post by **BubbleGumTiger** » Tue Feb 20, 2007 7:14 am

California produces more than 17 million gallons of wine each year.