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Lee Stewart 08-01-2018 08:30 PM

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Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer may live at the North Pole, but he was born in Chicago in 1939. The Montgomery Ward department store chain assigned ad copywriter Robert May to compose a Christmas poem that could be distributed to customers nationwide.

Lee Stewart 08-01-2018 08:36 PM

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Chicago is the birthplace of the first ever ferris wheel, which was 264-feet tall and debuted in the 1893 World’s Fair and was demolished shortly after in 1906. Today the 150-foot tall (15 story high) one at Navy Pier is modeled after the original one.

Lee Stewart 08-01-2018 08:37 PM

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Georgia is the birthplace of miniature golf. More specifically, at Lookout Mountain’s Rock City, which is located right outside of Chattanooga, TN.

Lee Stewart 08-01-2018 08:40 PM

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Atlantic City is home to longest boardwalk in the world and it’s often considered to be the best. It was America’s first boardwalk, built in 1870 to limit the amount of sand that beach-goers tracked into the train and hotel lobbies.

Lee Stewart 08-01-2018 08:42 PM

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The grizzly bear is the official state animal of California. But no grizzly bears have been seen there since 1922.

Lee Stewart 08-01-2018 08:46 PM

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32% of all land in the US is owned by the federal government, as they own about 650 million acres. The Federal Government actually owns 84.5% of Nevada, 69.1% of Alaska and 57.4% of Utah.

Lee Stewart 08-01-2018 08:50 PM

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The American flag’s official colors are “Old Glory Red,” “White,” and “Old Glory Blue.”

Lee Stewart 08-01-2018 10:04 PM

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Lee Stewart 08-01-2018 10:07 PM

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Lee Stewart 08-01-2018 10:08 PM

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