Pennsylvania (U.S. State)

The first commercial broadcast radio station in the world was KDKA in Pittsburgh, which began broadcasting in 1920.

Pennsylvania is home to the town of Forty Fort, which got its unusual name because it was settled by forty families who built a fort for protection.

The Philadelphia Mint produces millions of coins every day and was the first mint established in the United States in 1792.

Pennsylvania has a town called Mars, complete with a flying saucer-shaped water tower and a “spaceship” in the town center.

Pennsylvania is home to the town of Bethlehem, known as “Christmas City, USA,” which celebrates the holiday season with festive lights, holiday markets, and Moravian Christmas traditions.

Pennsylvania’s world-famous groundhog, Punxsutawney Phil, has been predicting the weather on Groundhog Day since 1886, making him (supposedly) over 135 years old!

The movie “Groundhog Day” starring Bill Murray was based on the real Groundhog Day celebration in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania, though it was actually filmed in Illinois.

Pennsylvania’s state electric locomotive is the GG1, a type of train that pulled passenger cars along the Pennsylvania Railroad from 1935 to 1983.

The world’s first drive-in gas station opened in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, in 1913, making it easier for people to fuel their cars.

Pennsylvania apple growers harvest about 400 million pounds of apples each year, making it the fourth largest apple-producing state in America.

Elfreth’s Alley in Philadelphia is the oldest continuously inhabited residential street in America, with houses dating back to 1720 that people still live in today.

Pennsylvania is home to one of the most haunted houses in America, according to some ghost hunters — the Farnsworth House Inn in Gettysburg, where Civil War soldiers are said to still roam!

In 1889, a dam in Johnstown, Pennsylvania, broke, sending a massive wave of water through the town. It became one of the most serious floods in U.S. history.

Pennsylvania has the largest Amish population in the United States, with over 81,000 Amish people living primarily in Lancaster County.

The zipper was perfected and first manufactured in Meadville, Pennsylvania, in 1913, revolutionizing how people fastened their clothing.

Pennsylvania is home to the town of Slippery Rock, which got its name from a smooth, slippery rock formation in the creek that runs through town.

Philadelphia was the first city in America to build a municipal water system to provide clean drinking water to its citizens in 1801.

Pennsylvania’s official state steam locomotive is the K4s, a powerful train engine built in 1914 that could pull passenger trains at speeds of up to 80 miles per hour (129 km/h).