Did You Know? Louisville-born sisters Mildred and Patty Hill wrote the “Happy Birthday” song. The E.P. Tom Sawyer State Park is named for Diane Sawyer’s father, not a Mark Twain character. The rose garland presented to the Kentucky Derby winner has 554 flowers. Nearly 120,000 mint juleps — requiring 1,000
Did you know….? With its population of 10.1 million, Los Angeles County would rank as the eighth-largest U.S. state. Jerry Seinfeld’s New York apartment is in Los Angeles. There are 5.2 million cars registered in Los Angeles County; only seven states have more. One hundred fifty productions are filmed daily
Did You Know? The bronze front doors on the State Capitol, costing $10,000 at Tiffany’s a century ago, are worth $250,000. The city’s Big Dam Bridge is the world’s longest pedestrian and bicycle bridge built for that purpose (4,226 feet). Five-star Army General Douglas MacArthur was born in Little Rock
Did You Know? Lexington was named for the first battle site of the American Revolution. More than 1.3 million people visited thoroughbred Man o’ War after the racehorse retired. Carrie Nation, the temperance leader, was born near Lexington in bourbon country. Mary Todd Lincoln’s grandfather, Levi Todd, was one of
Did You Know? Don Laughlin built a bridge linking Laughlin to Bullhead City, Ariz., then gave the bridge to Nevada and Arizona. There is enough concrete in Hoover Dam and its power plant for a 16-foot-wide road from NYC to San Francisco. Lake Mead can accommodate enough water to put
Did You Know...? In 1958, a room at the Stardust cost $6 a night. Actor Mickey Rooney was married eight times in Las Vegas. The 10 largest hotels in the U.S., by room count, are located in Las Vegas. The Vegas Strip is Highway 91. The local Marriage License
Did You Know? Frontiersman Davy Crockett was born in Greene County, east of Knoxville, in 1786. When Knoxville hosted the 1982 World's Fair, it was the smallest city (180,000) to host an international exposition. On a spring day in 1974, an estimated 5,000 people streaked down Cumberland Avenue. The first
Did You Know ... ? The Keys are home to the only living coral barrier reef in the U.S. The first international phone call was made Christmas Day 1900, Key West to Cuba. Key West was founded by Mystic, Conn., sea captains in need of a southern base. In 1900,
Did You Know? Hallmark Cards started in Kansas City with founder, Joyce Hall, selling postcards from a shoebox (1910). The jazz players’ jam session originated in Kansas City. Russell Stover Candies, with 25 million pieces a year, is the world’s largest maker of boxed chocolates. A mouse in Walt Disney’s
Did You Know? Aviator Amelia Earhart, who disappeared over the Pacific in 1937, was born in Atchison (1897). The city is home to Verruckt, the world’s tallest water slide (168 feet, seven inches), taller than the Statue of Liberty. Most historians agree Olathe’s Charles Hyer created the cowboy boot (heels, pointed
