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Georgia Fun Facts
- Georgia became a state on January 2nd, 1788.
- Georgia is the second largest state east of the Mississippi
with a total area 59,441 square miles.
- Georgia was named for King George II of England.
- Georgia joined the Confederacy on January 19th, 1861.
- The Cherokee Rose is the official state flower, the live oak
the official tree, the brown thrasher the official bird, and the
state fish is the largemouth bass.
- State song is "Georgia On My Mind".
- "Jingle Bells composer James Pierpoint taught music
in Valdosta.
- Saint Marys, Georgia is the second oldest city in the nation.
- The City of Savanna was the first steamship to cross
the Atlantic, sailing from Georgia.
- Lake Park is the Carrot Capital of the World.
- In Gainesville, the Chicken Capital of the World, it is
illegal to eat chicken with a fork.
- Stone Mountain near Atlanta is one of the largest single masses
of exposed granite in the world.
- Georgia is the nations largest producer of the three Ps:
peanuts, pecans, and peaches.
- Georgia's population in 1776 was around 40,000.
- Georgia is often called the Empire State of the South and is also
known as the Peach State and Cracker State.
- Coca-Cola was invented in May 1886 by Dr. John S. Pemberton
in Atlanta. It was first sold at a soda fountain in Jacob's pharmacy
in Atlanta.
- Before he moved west and became a gunfighter, John Henry "Doc"
Holiday was a respected young Valdosta dentist.
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