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Think               you               know               about               Florida?

Well,               whether               you               are               a               native               or               visitor               to               the               'Sunshine               State',               there               are               many               surprising               facts               and               interesting               stories               about               the               state.

Selected               below               are               many               of               the               tales               about               locations               and               people               in               Florida.

Seahunt,               the               TV               show,               starring               Lloyd               Bridges               was               filmed               at               Silver               Springs               (central               west               portion               of               FL)               between               1958               and               1961.
               Before               the               U.

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Coast               Guard,               there               were               stations               built               along               the               Atlantic               coast               to               help               ships               and               crews               in               distress.

Only               one               remains,               Gilbert's               House               of               Refuge               in               Martin               County,               north               of               Palm               Beach.
               The               Everglades               National               Park               borders               the               city               of               Greater               Miami               to               the               west               and               the               Biscayne               National               Park               is               to               the               east               of               the               city.
               Florida               has               two               rivers               with               the               same               name               but               in               different               locations.

The               Withlacoochee               River               in               central               Florida               near               Orlando               is               86               miles               long               and               flows               out               into               the               Gulf               of               Mexico.

Withlacoochee               River               in               the               northern               section               of               Florida               originates               in               Georgia               and               flows               into               northern               Florida.
               The               Prins               Valdemar               was               a               well-known               sailing               ship               from               the               late               1800s               into               the               1920s.

After               it               was               turned               on               its               side               by               strong               winds               in               the               Miami               Channel,               the               owner               converted               it               into               a               marine-life               aquarium,               known               for               decades               as               the               "Miami               Aquarium."
               The               construction               of               the               first               graded               road               in               Florida               was               in               1765.

It               is               named               'Old               Kings               Road'               and               was               named               for               King               George               of               England.

It               was               constructed               with               crushed               coquina               shells.

It               runs               from               the               southeastern               border               of               Georgia               south               to               New               Smyrna               Beach.
               Delray               Beach               has               the               only               museum               in               the               United               States               solely               to               promote               Japanese               lifestyle               and               culture.

It               is               the               Morikami               Museum               and               Japanese               Gardens.
               The               longest               continuous               sidewalk               in               the               world               is               located               in               Tampa.

It               is               near               Tampa               Bay               and               is               called               Bayshore               Boulevard.

It               is               four               and               half               miles               long.
               One               of               the               nine               conspirators               in               the               assassination               of               President               Abraham               Lincoln               and               other               governmental               officials               in               1865               was               a               21-year-old               Florida               boy               named               Lewis               Thornton               Powell,               from               Live               Oak               and               Oviedo,               Florida.

All               the               other               conspirators               were               from               the               Maryland,               Washington,               D.C.

or               Pennsylvania               regions.
               The               state               song               for               Florida               is               Old               Folks               at               Home               which               refers               to               the               Suwannee               River               in               northern               Florida.

The               author               was               Stephen               Foster,               who               never               visited               Florida               or               viewed               the               Suwannee               River.
               The               oldest               liberal               arts               college               in               Florida               is               Rollins               College               located               in               Winter               Park               and               opened               in               1885.
               Florida               has               over               800               miles               of               beaches.
               Some               towns               have               changed               their               names               over               the               years.

Gainesville               was               once               called               "Hogtown",               Stuart               was               known               as               "Potsdam"               and               Jacksonville               was               once               named               "Cowford."
               The               village               of               Boggy               (named               for               the               nearby               bayou)               was               renamed               Niceville               in               November               1910.

By               May               1910               it               was               renamed               Valparaiso.

A               New               Valparaiso               town               sprang               up               a               mile               away               and               caused               confusion.

The               original               Valparaiso               returned               to               its               second               name,               Niceville,               in               November               1925.

Today               it               is               still               Niceville,               located               in               Florida's               panhandle,               near               Eglin's               Air               Force               Base.
               The               St.

John's               River               in               northeast               Florida               flows               north               and               is               273               miles               in               length.
               The               town               of               Christmas               was               originally               named               Fort               Christmas               because               it               was               constructed               around               Christmas               in               1837.
               The               city               of               Key               West               refers               to               themselves               as               "The               Conch               Republic",               with               the               slogan,               'We               Seceded               Where               Others               Failed.'
               Many               German               POW               camps               were               scattered               across               Florida               during               World               War               II,               including               one               near               the               sugarcane               fields               south               of               Lake               Okeechobee.

The               prisoners               worked               at               harvesting               the               sugar.
               Refrigeration               and               eventually               air-conditioning               was               developed               by               Dr.

John               Gorrie               around               1851               in               Apalachicola               to               help               his               patients               who               suffered               from               malaria               and               yellow               fever.
               The               smallest               populated               county               in               Florida               is               Liberty,               west               of               Tallahassee.

It               has               about               7,775               citizens.
               Where               Alabama               and               Florida               meet               along               the               gulf               coast               there               is               annual               fundraiser               called               'The               Mullet               Toss'               held               every               April.

Individuals               on               the               beach,               standing               on               the               Alabama               side               tossing               a               dead               mullet               (a               fish)               over               the               state               border               into               Florida.

All               the               fish               are               later               fed               to               the               birds.
               Pink               flamingos               get               their               color               from               eating               shrimp.
               The               Thunderbird               Drive-In               theater               in               Fort               Lauderdale               had               13               screens               in               1963               and               was               one               of               the               largest               in               the               country.
               Less               than               one-third               of               Florida's               present-day               population               were               born               in               Florida.
               The               official               state               pie               is               Key               Lime               Pie,               which               was               first               developed               in               the               late               1880s.
               Spook               Hill               in               Lake               Wales               is               amazing.

Cars               can               place               their               vehicle               in               neutral               and               then               the               car               will               roll               uphill               on               its               own.

It               is               actual               a               gravity               hill               where               what               you               see               is               an               optical               illusion.
               To               drive               from               Pensacola               in               the               panhandle               of               Florida               to               Key               West               is               a               total               of               792               miles.
               The               highest               rate               of               lightening               strikes               per               capita               not               only               in               Florida               but               in               the               United               States               occur               in               Clearwater               (near               St.

Petersburg).
               Lake               Okeechobee               is               700               square               miles               in               size.
               The               warmest               temperature               recorded               in               Florida               was               109               in               June               1931.






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