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These are facts about Oklahoma. It started with the first 45 when my mother-in-law gave me a sheet her group was doing... and I just couldn't get enough.......
Typical foods: Fried okra, squash, cornbread, BBQ pork, biscuits, sausage & gravy, corn, strawberries, chicken fried steak, pecan pie & black-eyed peas.
Agriculture = Cattle, wheat, milk, poultry & cotton
Industry = Transportation equipment, machinery, electric products, rubber & plastic products & food processing.
Four Mountain Ranges = Ouachitas, Arbuckles, Wichitas & the Kiamichi's
Hill??? Oklahoma has the highest hill in the world in Potea, Oklahoma (1 inch from being a mountain).
Twister = Oklahoma was the setting for the movie Twister
Oklahoma = one of only 2 states whose capitol city's name includes the state name
People of all ages in poverty = 536,804
Median Household Income = 30,002
Border States = Arkansas, Colorado, Kansas, Missouri, New Mexico & Texas
Area = 6,990,359 square miles; 1,867,959 sq. mi. land (20th); 122,459 mi water (29th)
Odd Oklahoma Law = It's illegal to catch whales in Oklahoma waters.
Oklahoma Day = April 22
Flag Salute = "I salute the flag of Oklahoma. Its symbols of peace unit all people.
Fastest wind speed ever recorded is 318 mph in one of the May 3, 1999 tornadoes to hit Oklahoma.
Four-sided cheese graters are considered works of Satan and outlawed in Oklahoma. (not really outlawed)
Oklahoma has 43 colleges & universities.
Some Oklahoman's have strange names, like Dr. Safety First in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
Forests cover approximately 24 percent of Oklahoma.
In Clinton, Oklahoma - there is a law against masturbating while watching 2 people have sex in a car.
In Norman, Oklahoma - you could be sent to prison for "making an ugly face at a dog."
In Schulter, Oklahoma - "It is illegal for a woman to gamble in the nude, in lingerie, or while wearing a towel."
On February 27, 1908, Star #46 was added to the U.S. flag for Oklahoma.
The Oklahoma Land Run created Oklahoma City in a single day. By nightfall, 10,000 pioneers had staked claims.
Oklahoma is the third-largest gas-producing state in the nation.
Oklahoma ranks 2nd in the nation in production of all wheat, 4th in cattle & calf production, 4th in production of pecans, 7th in peanuts & 10th in peaches.
Oklahoma had the first flowing commercial oil well in the world.
Oklahoma had the first Boy Scout troup in America in 1909.
Oklahoma is the winter home for more circuses than any other state.
The grocery cart was first invented and used in Oklahoma.