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- Per capita, North Dakota has more golf courses then any other state.
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- The official sport of Maryland is jousting. It is the only state with an official sport.
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- The two most often portrayed literature characters are Sherlock Holmes and Dracula.
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- The word ‘salary’ was derived from the word “salt” which is what ancient Roman soldiers used to be paid with.
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- Masturbating in Indonesia is punishable by decapitation. Remind me never to go to Indonesia.
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- Most American car horns are set to honk in the F key.
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- Your nostrils detect smells differently. Your right nostril detects more pleasant smells, but your left nostril is technically more accurate.
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- Little Red Riding Hood was Walt Disney’s first fairy tale to be adapted into a cartoon in 1922.
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- More Monopoly money is printed every year than real money is printed by the US mint. Kind of sad, really.
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- Driving blindfolded in the state of Alabama can get you arrested. No shit.
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#6 My horn is like a flute. Damn VW!
Chive kinda got owned in this feature
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Well monopoly better watch its back because I feel like that gap is closing. Study some economics Chive.,,QE3? #9
2 we changed our official state sport a few years ago from jousting to lacrosse .. apparently lax bros are kind of a big deal in MD
#2 .. sorry meant to post the thumbnail with it
#2 is false, it is not the only state with an official sport. Texas' official state sport is Rodeo, passed in 1997.
Hey, if it's in a 1968 encyclopedia it must be true!
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The US Mint doesn't print money, the BEP (Bureau of Engraving and Printing) does. Also, if the fact were correctly worded, it would still not be true; the BEP prints about $400,000,000,000 (Four hundred billion dollars) per year.
Are half of the facts even actually true ? Reading the comments does not help to think so….
It's myth. I can assure you. And we do not stone people for committing adultery.
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Fun fact, we're the 2nd largest Facebook users. Yay!
#10 should read "Driving blindfolded in the state of Alabama can get you arrested. But it can get you killed anywhere in the world."