Things Michigan has THE MOST of:
1. fresh water coastline
2. variety of minerals
3. number of state parks
4. number of inland lakes-- 11,000Things MI grows more of than any
state:
1. red tart cherries
2. navy beans
3. pickling cucumbers
4. Christmas trees
Data from boring.gov sites:
Population: 9.3 million
Rank in Population: 8th
Rank in size (area): 11th
U.S. Senators: 2
Representatives: 16
Electoral Votes: 18
Famous People:
1. Gerald Ford
2. Gilda Radner
3. Francis Ford Coppola
4. Lily Tomlin
5. Gordie Howe
6. Magic Johnson
7. Madonna
8. Diana Ross
9. Bob Seger
10. Casey Kasem
Other:
Hottest Recorded Temperature: 112 degrees F. (at Mio, on July 13, 1936).
Coldest Recorded Temperature: -51 degrees F. (at Vanderbilt, on February 9, 1934).
In 1973, the Detroit Police dept. issued a seven-point memorandum that outlined
appropriate action for officers to take in case of visitors from outer space. |
Things Michigan did FIRST: 1.
first state to establish roadside picnic tables.
2. first telephone customers to use phone numbers (Detroit)
3. first paved concrete road (Detroit 1909)
4. first state constitution to provide for public libraries
5. first regularly scheduled airline ( between Grand Rapids and Detroit 1926)
6. first to get shaped like a mitten (just kidding)
That stuff you have to memorize about your state in grade
school:
State Name: Wolverine State
Song: "Michigan, My Michigan"
Motto: Si quaeris peninsulam amoenam, circumspice (If you seek a pleasant peninsula, look
about you.)
Flower: apple blossom
Tree: white pine
Bird: Robin
Became a State: January 26, 1837
Capitol: Lansing
All, in all, kinda interesting. The state motto is
really corny, but then, whose isn't? Oh, and check out that fact about Christmas Trees.
This is just the Jingle-Bell state.
About this mitten thing: It like totally governs the way people talk around here. You hear
people saying things like, "Oh, Bob. He lives up in the thumb." |
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