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    Weird things about your home states. Who knew?

    http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/03/11/weird-facts-states_n_4869798.html

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    +2  Views: 2069 Answers: 8 Posted: 10 years ago
    Tags: state trivia
    clu

    Thanks for the link! It was fun! and interesting!
    Commented 10 years ago
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      My home state(Indiana) Tried to build a pyramid and "The great wall of China" The state I live in now(Michigan) can give you a license to hunt unicorns!  Holy Moly! No wonder I'm wacky!!  LOL  :)

      10 years ago. Rating: 10
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        mycatsmom

        Ha ha . Lived in Mich all my life. That's a new one on me .
        commented 10 years ago

        I live in the Kingdom of Fife, the home of MacBeth and other ancient Kings yet we don't get a mention!


        Hmmmmmmmmmmmm????

        10 years ago. Rating: 9
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          Bob/PKB

          Well, c'mon, ROMOS, the only weird thing about YOUR homeland is they have a KING OF THE FLEAS!
          commented 10 years ago
          ROMOS

          And a Queen now!
          commented 10 years ago
          Bob/PKB

          and this isn't weird enough for you???? Flea Royalty.
          commented 10 years ago
          ROMOS

          And all the wee Fleamily, millions of them now, I'm bloodless!
          commented 10 years ago
          Bob/PKB

          ....and constantly in the dog house! :D
          commented 10 years ago
          ROMOS

          Not yet, but you know what QUEENS are like.
          commented 10 years ago
          Bob/PKB

          Actually, no, unless you mean a few family members who think we are placed on the earth to serve their every whim.
          commented 10 years ago
          ROMOS

          Drone drone drone................
          commented 10 years ago
          Bob/PKB

          I'm not in that picture....was out collecting for the queen that day. Dronette...
          commented 10 years ago
          mycatsmom

          thought MacBeth was fiction written by Shakesphere.
          commented 10 years ago
          Bob/PKB

          Based on King MacBeth, McDuff, et al, c. 1587.....WIKIPEDIA. check it out, mcm
          commented 10 years ago

          My mother told me that Texas has the largest state capital building and the capital is taller than our nations capitol building………...

          10 years ago. Rating: 8
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            Bob/PKB

            The state legislature of Texas once passed a law to honor the Boston Strangler because they weren't paying attention to the laws they were passing.
            Sounds like something that happens every day all across the USA...the not paying attention part.
            commented 10 years ago

            California:  Hollywood was initially founded to escape Thomas Edison!  WHO KNEW???


            Thomas Edison's film business held so many patents that competing film studios could barely make a profit, so a bunch moved west hoping patent laws wouldn't bother to reach them. This led studios to center themselves in Hollywood, Calif., instead of the original film capital, Fort Lee, N.J. Both Paramount and Universal were created in this westward move.

            10 years ago. Rating: 8
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              In my little state, RI, we had much slave trade, amidst the "Newport royalty".  The state was founded on religious freedom by Roger Williams, and the home of the Industrial Revolution in the US, Slater Mill, in Pawtucket, RI.  The Dorr Rebellion gave increased voting rights, resulting in more than male white landowners only to vote.  In Victorian times, Newport was the playground of the wealthy of the US, they built many mansions along Ocean Drive.  Some little known facts. 

              10 years ago. Rating: 6
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                Not a state but the country of Canada. We have something (not  weird but unknown to others) yet wonderful!


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                This my friends, is a Butter Tart!


                How to make.....


                http://www.joyofbaking.com/ButterTarts.html


                 

                10 years ago. Rating: 5
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                  country bumpkin

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                  This would be great with a hot cup of coffee.
                  commented 10 years ago
                  Benthere

                  ....ice cream !
                  commented 10 years ago
                  Ducky

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                  Okay. Butter tart with ice cream and a cup of coffee...for you two. I can only have the coffee with soy cream. The rest is not gluten-free/dairy-free. :(
                  commented 10 years ago
                  country bumpkin

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                  Bring on the soy!
                  commented 10 years ago
                  Ducky

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                  Ok...on my way with the supplies. :)
                  commented 10 years ago
                  Bob/PKB

                  THOSE LOOK GOOD ENOUGH TO EAT! ANYTIME
                  commented 10 years ago
                  Ducky

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                  And if you can make pie crust, you can easily make these.
                  commented 10 years ago

                  My wahing machine has broken down ,and the house is in a right state,

                  10 years ago. Rating: 5
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                    The Mexican people use to own California and many of the streets and cities were named by the Mexican people.  San Jose, El Camino Real, San Martin, San Francisco, San Carlos, San Louis Obispo and many many many more.

                    10 years ago. Rating: 5
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                      ROMOS

                      And they still keep coming to visit it seems?
                      commented 10 years ago
                      hector5559

                      Do they do the Mexicon hat dance??
                      commented 10 years ago
                      tabber

                      Now now hector5559 information is a wonderful thing.
                      commented 10 years ago
                      Bob/PKB

                      Madera,the county just to the north of where I live, and also where the exact middle of California is!!!
                      commented 10 years ago


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