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Interesting Data About Pennsylvania

- In 1909 the first baseball stadium was built in Pittsburgh.
- Hershey is considered the Chocolate Capital of the United States.
- In 1913 the first automobile service station opened in Pittsburgh.
- In 1946 Philadelphia became home to the first computer.
- Bob Hoffman of York is hailed the world round as the Father of Weightlifting. Hoffman started York Barbell Corp. in 1932 and preached the gospel of physical fitness throughout his life as an U.S. Olympic coach, businessman and philanthropist.
- The first daily newspaper was published in Philadelphia on Sept. 21, 1784.
- Philadelphia saw the first Zoological garden in July 1874.
- Drake Well Museum in Titusville is on the site where Edwin L. Drake drilled the world's first oil well in 1859 and launched the modern petroleum industry.
- In Hazleton, there is a law on the books that prohibits a person from sipping a carbonated drink while lecturing students in a school auditorium.
- In Philadelphia in 1775 Johann Behrent built the first piano in America calling it under the name "Piano Forte."



- Philadelphia is the site of the first presidential mansion.
- Betsy Ross made the first American flag in Philadelphia.
- "Doctor, if you don't give me something to help me breathe, I'm going to stop!" came the urgent cry of 16-year old Frederick Gable of Loganville. Vowing not to lose another patient to pneumonia, Dr. George Holtzapple successfully created the first application of oxygen, thus saving his patient's life and winning international fame through his discovery. The year was 1885.
- Stewartstown hired its first police officer in 1876. He was also the town lamp lighter.
- Philadelphia is home to the cheesesteak sandwich, water ice, soft pretzels, and TastyKakes.
- The Rockville Bridge in Harrisburg is the longest stone arch bridge in the world.
- Kennett Square is known as the Mushroom Capital of the World.
- The town of Franklin became a center for worldwide oil production following Colonel Edwin Drake's discovery of oil in nearby Titusville.
- The Declaration of Independence was signed in Philadelphia in 1776.
- KDKA radio in Pittsburgh produced the first commercial radio broadcast.
- Philadelphia is home to the Liberty Bell.
- Each year on Christmas day the "Crossing of the Delaware" is reenacted at Washington Crossing.
- The Liberty Tunnel in Pittsburgh opened in 1924. At that time the 5,700 foot facility was the longest artificially ventilated automobile tunnel in the world.
- Pennsylvania is the only original colony not bordered by the Atlantic Ocean.
- Benjamin Franklin founded the Philadelphia Zoo, the first public zoo in the United States.

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Pennsylvania State Trivia
Capital City:
Harrisburg
Area: 46058 sq.mi.
Land: 44820 sq.mi.
Water: 1239 sq.mi.
Area Codes: 215-267-412-
484-570-610-717-724-
814-878
Bird: Ruffed Grouse
Flower: Mountain Laurel
Highest Point: 3213 feet
Lowest Point: Sea level
Soil: Pennsylvania-Hazleton
Tree: Eastern Hemlock
Largest Cities: Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Allentown, Erie, Upper Darby Twp, Reading, Scranton, Bethlehem, Lower Merion Twp, Lancaster
Nickname: Keystone State
Population: 12,281,054
Economy:
Agriculture:
Dairy products, poultry, cattle, nursery stock, mushrooms, hogs, hay
Industry: Food processing, chemical products, machinery, electric equipment, tourism


Pennsylvania State Flag

Pennsylvania's State Flag is composed of a blue field on which is embroidered the State Coat of Arms. The first State Flag bearing the State Coat of Arms was authorized by the General Assembly in 1799. An act of the General Assembly of June 13, 1907, standardized the flag and required that the blue field match the blue of Old Glory.

 
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