Special Report
One Strange and Fun Little-Known Fact About Every State
March 26, 2020 12:14 pm
Last Updated: March 26, 2020 2:07 pm
South Dakota
> Fact: Sue, the largest Tyrannosaurus rex specimen ever found — at 42 feet long and 12 feet high at the hips — was discovered near the Badlands in 1990.
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Tennessee
> Fact: Elvis Presley’s Graceland mansion is the most popular residential home visited by tourists, after the White House.
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Texas
> Fact: Texas uses its own electric grid — ERCOT — separate from the two others used by the rest of the U.S.
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Utah
> Fact: The first-ever KFC wasn’t in Kentucky. It was 1,500 miles west in Salt Lake City, Utah.
Source: United States Mint
Vermont
> Fact: Vermont was a republic with its own coinage from 1777 to 1791.
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