Tuesday, September 24, 2013

Next Stop; LINCOLN, NEBRASKA


 Ten Trivial Facts about Nebraska
  1. In 1927, Edwin E. Perkins of Hastings invented the powered soft drink Kool-Aid.
  2. State insect is the honeybee
  3. The state nickname used to be the "Tree Planter's State", but was changed in 1945 to the "Cornhusker State".
  4. Nebraska is the birthplace of the Reuben sandwich.
  5. The Lied Jungle located in Omaha is the world's largest indoor rain forest.
  6. The largest porch swing in the world is located in Hebron, Nebraska and it can sit 25 adults.
  7. Antelope and Buffalo are counties in Nebraska named after animals.
  8. Lincoln County is the origin of the world's largest "Wolly Mammoth" elephant fossil.
  9. Spam (canned meat) is produced in Fremont.(thank you Nebraska!)
  10. The world's largest hand-planted forest is Halsey National Forrest near Thedford, Nebraska

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