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Interesting Facts ~ North Dakota is the 47th most populous and the 19th most extensive of the 50 states ~ ~The state attained statehood on November 2, 1889, becoming the 39th state to join the union ~ ~ In 1987, North Dakota passed a bill making English the official state language ~ ~ Highway sculpture, “Geese in Flight” holds Guinness World Record, largest metal sculpture ~ ~ There’s a Pyramid Constructed as part of a giant missile silo complex ~ ~ David Henderson Houston invented a camera he named Kodak in 1887 ~ ~ State capitol is 242 feet high, the tallest building here and the 3rd tallest capitol in USA ~ ~ Does not have towns or villages. Each place is officially a city, no matter how small it is ~ ~ J.R. Simplot in Grand Forks produces over 400 million pounds of French fries per year ~ ~ Dakota is the Sioux word for “friend” or “ally” ~ Produces more honey than any other state ~ ~ Farmers produce enough wheat each year to make 12.6 billion loaves of bread ~ ~ Has more national wildlife refuges 62, more than any other state ~ ~ State Motto is “Liberty and union, now and forever, one and inseparable” ~ ~ World’s largest hamburger was eaten in Rutland, weighed 3,591 pounds, 8,000 invited ~ ~ State that grows the most sunflowers ~ Nation’s 3rd-top sugar producer~ ~ Official American folk dance is official American folk dance as of 1995~ ~ State Highest Point is White Butte, 3,506 feet above sea level ~ ~ State Lowest Point is Red River, 750 feet above sea level ~ ~ One of the quirkiest sports in North Dakota is lawn mower racing ~ ~ Lewis and Clark spent more time in North Dakota than in any other place ~ ~ Has the highest percentage of church-going population in the country ~ ~ Home to the largest state owned sheep research center in the USA ~ ~ Most of the pasta in America is made from North Dakota durum wheat ~ ~ Ranchers produce enough beef to make 113 million hamburgers each year ~ ~ Most popular tourist spot is the Wild West town of Medora founded in 1883 ~ ~ In 2008, Fargo hosted the largest pancake feed in the world ~ State has 53 Counties ~ ~ Original capitol burned to the ground on December 28, 1930 ~ ~ Less than 1% of North Dakota is forest, the smallest amount of any state ~ ~ The First Mosque in the Country Was Built here ~ ~ It’s illegal to go dancing in Fargo with a hat on, even illegal to wear a hat other people dancing ~ ~ State Bird is Western Meadowlark ~ State Fish is Northern Pike ~ ~ State Flower is Wild Prairie Rose ~ State Grass is Western Wheatgrass ~ ~ State Tree is American Elm ~ State Fossil is Teredo Petrified Wood ~ ~ State Beverage is Milk ~ State Dance is Square Dance ~ ~ North Dakota Was Either the 39th or 40th State Admitted to the Union ~ ~ President Benjamin Harrison signed, he kept it a secret to which document he signed first ~ ~ J. Ross Moore was the inventor of the drum clothes dryer in 1938 ~ ~~~~~~~~ |
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