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Facts About Rhode Island

1. It’s not called what you think it is. The state’s full, official name is actually the State of Rhode […]

The walls of the American fort on Sullivan Island, in Charleston Harbor, were made of spongy Palmetto logs. This was […]

South Dakota was the 40th state to become part of the USA. It became a state on November 2nd of […]

Actor Jimmy Stewart was born and raised in the town of Indiana, PA. Every Christmas, the downtown area is decorated […]

The origin of the name “Oregon” is unclear. However, according to one source, the name is believed to have been […]

The name of the state is derived from the Choctaw words “Okla” and “humma”, meaning “red people”. In Oklahoma […]

New Hampshire was the first to declare its independence of the thirteen original colonies from Mother England. It declared itself […]

A man built and planted an extremely complex bomb in a Nevada Casino, the FBI could not disarm it, and […]

The Capital City of Nebraska in Lincoln. Nebraska gained statehood as the 37th state in 1867, and the state’s first […]

The state of Missouri was named after a tribe of Sioux Indians of the state called the Missouris. The word […]