20 Facts About California
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There is no house-to-house delivery of mail in Carmel, California.
Get ready to go to the central post office to get your mail. When the town was established, it was decided that street addresses would make the town too much like a city. Therefore, street addresses, street lights, and parking meters cannot be found outside of Carmel's commercial downtown area.
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There are no fast-food restaurants in Carmel, California.
Prepare to eat a small-town restaurant with a familiar and family feel.
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California is the world's fourth largest producer of wine in the world.
Wine is important not only as a beverage, but also as an ingredient in cooking.
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The artichoke capital of the world is located in California.
Castroville, California is known as the Artichoke Capital of the World. The first person to be crowned Artichoke Queen was a young lady named Norma Jean. Norma Jean would later go on to become a famous movie star named Marilyn Monroe.
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California raises more turkeys than any other states in the US.
What would Thanksgiving and Christmas be without turkey? Thank you California.
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The world's first McDonald's restaurant opened in California.
San Bernardino, California is the city where the first McDonald's opened. McDonald's is an important part of American history.
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Fresno, California is the raisin capital of the world.
Who doesn't love raisins.
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Fallbrook, California is the Avocado Capital of the World.
It also hosts the annual Avocado Festival. Good thing since more avocados are grown there than any other county in the nation.
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It is against the law to wear heels higher than two inches in Carmel, California.
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California is the 31st state admitted to the Union.
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California is where Disneyland began.
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California home to the largest Chinese population outside of China.
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California home to the largest Armenian population outside of Armenia.
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The Apply computer was invented in California.
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More than 1,200 people have committed suicide by jumping from the Golden Gate bridge since it was opened in 1937.
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It is illegal to eat ice cream on the sidewalk in Carmel, California.
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California grows most of the nation's dates.
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The largest three-day rodeo is held in Red Bluff, California.
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More turkeys are raised in California than in any other state.
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California's state motto is Eureka "I have found it."
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California's state nickname is the Golden State.
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