It is California Day!! Well, at least the day that I get to go to California! It also happens to be random Thursday! So here are some random California facts. And who knows you may be able to use these on Jeopardy someday!
- California is known variously as The Land of Milk and Honey, The El Dorado State, The Golden State, and The Grape State.
- More turkeys are raised in California than in any other state in the United States
- California Caverns claims the distinction of being the most extensive system of caverns and passageways in the Mother Lode region of the state. (I worked in one of these Caves!)
- If California's economic size were measured by itself to other countries, it would rank the 7th largest economy in the world.
- The highest and lowest points in the continental United States are within 100 miles of one another. Mount Whitney measures 14,495 feet and Bad Water in Death Valley is 282 feet below sea level.
- STATE:
Flower: Golden poppy
Tree: California redwood
Bird: California valley quail
Animal: California grizzly bear (1953)
Fish: California golden trout (1947)
Have a great day and a Happy Easter!
2 comments:
I feel that I should respond with a random fact I learned about Colorado:
The state dinosaur is the stegosaurus
way to play hooky for life group. We had a party and you weren't there, HA!
we missed you and Josh. Hope you have fun in Cali.
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