20 Facts About Missouri
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1.
The first bread slicing machine was made in Missouri.
The first company to use it was the Chillicothe Baking Company.
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Anheuser-Busch brewery is located in St. Louis, Missouri.
Many tourists visit the headquarters just to see the Budweiser Clydesdales.
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3.
Laura Ingalls Wilder grew up in Missouri.
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4.
The television show "Welcome to Sweetie Pie's" is filmed in Missouri
The stars show used to work with Ike and Tina Turner as one of their background singers.
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The Pony Express runs through Missouri.
The service ran for 18 months. The express cut down delivery time from the east to west coast to about 10 days.
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6.
The 1904 St. Louis World's Fair is where ice cream cones were invented.
See what happens when you run out of cups and a waffle vendor comes to the rescue. I can't imagine ice cream any other way.
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Aunt Jemima pancake flour was invented in Missouri.
This product was one of the first ever ready-to-make pancake mixes in the United States.
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8.
Missouri is the 24th state.
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Missouri was the first slave street to free its slaves.
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The first Segway track was built in Branson, Missouri.
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Depending on who you talk to, Missouri is pronounced Missouree or Missouruh.
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12.
The first kindergarten program started in Missouri.
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The first successful skydive from an airplane happened in Missouri.
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Missouri hosted the 1904 Olympics.
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Mark Twain's boyhood home is located in Hannibal, Missouri.
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90% of nation's non-recycled lead supply comes from Missouri.
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Missouri was part of the Louisiana purchase.
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The name Missouri means town of the large canoes.
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Missouri is known as the Show Me State.
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It is also known as the "The Gateway to the West" and "Home of the Blues".
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It is illegal to give an elephant beer in Natchez, Missouri.
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