20 Facts About Kentucky
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Kentucky is home to the world's largest holdings of gold.
The vaults hold more than $6 billion dollars worth of gold.
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The oldest continuously held horse race in the country happens in Kentucky.
The Kentucky Derby is held at Churchill Downs in Louisville on the first Saturday in May.
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The first Kentucky Fried Chicken restaurant is located in Corbin, Kentucky.
Kentucky Fried Chicken and the Colonel are an important part of Southern history.
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The people of Kentucky were the first to see an electric light.
Thomas Edison exhibited his creation at the Southern Exposition in 1883.
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Kentucky is known as the Bluegrass State
This is due to the green grass taking on a blueish tint from the purple buds that bloom in its fields.
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The lyrics for "Happy Birthday to You" was created by two Kentucky sisters.
In 1893 Patty Hill and Mildred J. Hill and wrote the lyrics to the song. The music they used was the song "Good Morning to All" by Preston Ware Orem and Mrs. R.R. Forman for the Summy Company.
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Kentucky was a slave-holding state.
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Middlesboro, Kentucky is the only city in the United States built within a meteor crater.
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Fleming County is the Covered Bridge Capital of Kentucky.
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Kentucky still leads the nation in burley tobacco production.
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Kentucky's state motto is "United we stand, divided we fall."
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Kentucky comes from the Iroquois Indian word "Ken-tah-ten," which means "land of tomorrow."
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More than half of the people killed in the War of 1812 were from Kentucky.
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The first enamel bathtub was created in Kentucky.
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Kentucky was the 15th state to join the Union.
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Post-it-Notes are manufactured in Cynthiana, Kentucky.
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Mother's Day began in Kentucky.
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President Abraham Lincoln was born in Kentucky.
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Bowling Green, Kentucky is where the Chevrolet Corvette is manufactured.
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The Boy Scouts of America Scouting Museum is located in Kentucky.
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