Children’s / Teenage general interest: Places and peoples

Sweden is located on the Scandinavian Peninsula in northeastern Europe.

Did you know that the Wright brothers completed the first successful airplane flight in North Carolina in 1903?

Did you know that Wyoming was the first state to give women the right to vote?

Did you know that the first kindergarten in the United States opened in Watertown, Wisconsin, in 1856?

Did you know that the only rainforest in the continental United States is in Washington?

Did you know that there are about 190 public libraries in Vermont?

Did you know that Utah cows produce more than 2 trillion pounds of milk each year?

Did you know that the most common venomous snake found in Texas is the western diamondback rattlesnake?

Did you know that Tennessee makes the most pencils in the United States?

Did you know that South Dakota has more than 5 million acres of corn crops?

Did you know the first battle of the Civil War took place at Fort Sumter?

Did you know that the Redwood Library in Newport is the oldest library building in the country?

Did you know that people called the Tainos lived in Puerto Rico more than 800 years ago?

Did you know that Hershey's chocolate is made in Pennsylvania?

Did you know that Oregon is home to the world's largest Douglas fir?

Did you know that Oklahoma grows 4.

Did you know that the Cincinnati Reds were the first professional baseball team in the United States?

Did you know that North Dakota grows more sunflowers than any other state?

Did you know that almost half of the state's population lives in New York City?

Did you know that New Mexico's earliest settlers were Pueblos and other Native Americans?

Did you know that Swedish settlers in New Jersey built the first log cabin in the United States?

Did you know that the first public library in the United States was in Peterborough?

Did you know that camels were used to cross Nevada's wild deserts in the 1800s?

Did you know that Nebraska has about 39 tornadoes per year?

Did you know that Granite Peak in Montana is 12,799 feet high?

Did you know that the University of Mississippi houses the oldest book in America?

Did you know that Minnesota is known as the Land of 10,000 Lakes?

Did you know that Michigan has the longest freshwater shoreline of any U.

Did you know that the first subway system in the United States was built in Boston in 1897?

Did you know that Maryland has more than 50 state parks and forests?

Did you know that earmuffs were invented in Maine?

Did you know that there is almost one alligator for every two people in Louisiana?

Did you know that Kentucky's Mammoth Cave is the world's longest cave?

Did you know that Kansas has about 9 million acres of wheat crops?

Did you know that Iowa has more readers than any other state?

Did you know that Indiana limestone is used all over the world?

Did you know that the Chicago Public Library has more than 5.

Did you know that there are almost 100 ghost towns in Idaho?

Did you know Hawai'i has the world's largest volcanoes?

Did you know that Georgia grows more than 130 million pounds of peaches each year?

Did you know that no spot in Florida is more than 60 miles from the ocean?

Did you know that the District of Columbia is also called Washington, D.

Did you know that the first steam railroad in the United States began in New Castle?

Did you know that maple trees in Connecticut produce more than 12,000 gallons of syrup each year?

Did you know that the canyons of northwest Colorado have the largest collection of dinosaur fossils ever found from the Jurassic period?

Did you know that California has two active volcanoes?

Did you know that Arkansas is the only state that has a working diamond mine?

New Zealand is an island country in the Pacific Ocean.

Kenya's national motto is harambee, the Swahili word for "e;let us all pull together.

Italy is known for its ancient ruins, historic monuments, vibrant cities, charming towns, and beautifulcountryside.