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Florida has the lowest highest point of any state—312 feet, 23 times lower than South Dakota's highest point.
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South Dakota is home to the geographic center of the entire United States, if you including Alaska and Hawaii, and it was made a state a mere nine days before Washington, which was called Columbia before it became a state.
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Its name was changed as to not confuse it with the District of Columbia, but obviously that didn't work out, since DC's city ended up also being called Washington.
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Washington Place is the official residence of Hawaii's governor, and Hawaii was given its own unique currency during WWII, that was its only legal tender.
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So that, in case the Japanese successfully invaded Hawaii, the federal government could declare all of Hawaii's currency worthless to prevent the Japanese from using it.
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The closest state to Hawaii is Alaska, whose capital, Juneau, has no roads connecting it with the rest of Alaska or North America, meaning you can't drive in or out.
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Alaska is also one of the four states that completely bans outdoor billboards along with Hawaii, Maine, and Vermont whose tallest building is only 11 stories tall.
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That's the shortest tallest building of any state. The tallest building in the states is Freedom Tower in New York.
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New York is home to Ellis Island, or at least this part of it, their territory is completely surrounded by New Jersey.
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Similar to Liberty Island, home to the Statue of Liberty, which is completely surrounded by New Jersey Waters which means you need to travel through New Jersey to get from New York to New York.
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Clinton Road in West Milford, New Jersey, has America's longest red light, a full five minute wait.
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New Jersey actually goes surprisingly far south, farther south than Kentucky's northernmost point. In its south-west corner, Kentucky has a rather large piece of territory thats not actually connected to the rest of Kentucky.
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Kentucky was the birthplace of Lincoln, who was later elected to the Illinois House of Representatives, and in Illinois is the original burger king, but its not the burger king you're thinking of.
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This Burger King existed before this Burger King, and therefore sued Burger King when they came to Illinois for trademark infringement and won, so now no Burger King is allowed to operate within a 20 mile radius of this original Burger King.
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Chicago, Illinois, America's 3rd largest city, is just a tad larger than the forth largest city——Houston Texas, and Texas is so enormous that El Paso Texas is closer to Los Angeles than it is to Houston Texas.
