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"<b>Long-winded name.</b><br><br>Santa Fe's full name is: La Villa Real de la Santa Fe de San Francisco de Asis.",

"<b>Red beryl, anyone?</b><br><br>Utah has the world's only known deposit of red beryl, a stone that looks like a red emerald.",

"<b>Higher by a mile.</b><br><br>Alaska's Mt. McKinley is almost a mile higher than the highest Alp.",

"<b>Only one.</b><br><br>While Texas is the second largest state in the U.S., it only has one natural lake!",

"<b>Virginia lost Kentucky.</b><br><br>The State of Kentucky was once Kentucky County, Virginia.",

"<b>3 Million and counting.</b><br><br>Alaska has an estimated 3 million lakes.",

"<b>Uniquely made-up.</b><br><br>Idaho is unique among state names because it's the only one that's just a made-up word.",

"<b>Big river!</b><br><br>The Mississippi River is the fourth longest and third largest river in the world.",

"<b>Huge state.</b><br><br>Alaska is more than twice the size of Texas, the second largest state.",

"<b>Zinc giant.</b><br><br>The Red Dog Mine in northwest Alaska is the world's largest producer of zinc.",

"<b>Big lake.</b><br><br>Alaska largest lake is the size of the entire state of Rhode Island.",

"<b>Beware the bears!</b><br><br>Alaska's Kodiak Island is home to the largest land carnivores on earth, Kodiak brown bears.",

"<b>Dark and very cold.</b><br><br>Barrow, Alaska has constant sunlight from May 10 to August 2 each year.",

"<b>Cavers' dream.</b><br><br>Mammoth Cave in central Kentucky is the longest cave system in the world.",

"<b>Old St. Augustine</b><br><br>St. Augustine in Florida is the oldest European settlement in the United States.",

"<b>Biggest waterfall.</b><br><br>The largest waterfall in the United States is Niagara Falls.",

"<b>Largest US peninsula.</b><br><br>Florida is the largest peninsula in the United States.",

"<b>Making a comeback.</b><br><br>The bald eagle, though once severely endangered, has made a strong comeback.",

"<b>July 4th is Independence Day.</b><br><br>It celebrates the signing of the Declaration of Independence in 1776.",

"<b>Fourth largest.</b><br><br>The United States is the fourth largest country in the world.",

"<b>Texas - the country?</b><br><br>Texas, the second largest state in the U.S., was once an independent country.",

"<b>Multiple origins.</b><br><br>Parts of the United States were once owned by eight different nations.",

"<b>In a fog?</b><br><br>Cape Disappointment in Washington is the foggiest place in the US.",

"<b>Diamonds!</b><br><br>The only diamond mine in the United States is in Arkansas.",

"<b>Ranked last.</b><br><br>From 1990 to 2000 North Dakota ranked last in the U.S. for population growth.",

"<b>Economic powerhouse!</b><br><br>California, if it was its own country, would have one of the world's largest economies.",

"<b>No Q's.</b><br><br>\"Q\" is the only letter in the alphabet that does not appear in any state name.",

"<b>Pioneer trail!</b><br><br>The Oregon Trail started in Missouri, ended in Oregon, and was about 2,000 miles long.",

"<b>Ride the monument!</b><br><br>The San Francisco cable car system is the only mobile national monument.",

"<b>Directionally driven.</b><br><br>Maine has28 cities that begin with the word \"North\" and 23 with the word \"South\".",

"<b>Odd fort.</b><br><br>Iowa's Fort Atkinson was the only fort built by the US government to protect one Indian tribe from another.",

"<b>More than one verse.</b><br><br>The United States' national anthem has four verses. Most people only know the first one.",

"<b>Small river.</b><br><br>The world's shortest river--the D River in Oregon--is only 121 feet long.",

"<b>Surprise!</b><br><br>Virginia extends 95 miles farther west than West Virginia.",

"<b>Most popular.</b><br><br>The Great Smoky Mountains National Park is the most visited park in the nation.",

"<b>Sunniest.</b><br><br>Yuma, Arizona, gets the most sunshine of any settled town in the U.S.",

"<b>Who's tallest?</b><br><br>While Mount Everest is often called the world's tallest mountain, Hawaii's Mauna Kea is taller.",

"<b>Oldest living thing?</b><br><br>\"King Clone,\"a creosote bush in the Mojave Desert is 11,700 years old.",

"<b>No Big Macs here!</b><br><br>Montpelier, Vermont, is the only US state capital without a McDonald's.",
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