Wyoming’s official state name is “State of Wyoming,” and it became the 44th state to join the United States on July 10, 1890.
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New York has produced more Nobel Prize winners than any other state, with over 70 laureates having lived or worked in New York.
Lake Okeechobee covers 730 square miles (1,890 km²), making it the second-largest freshwater lake contained entirely within the United States (after Lake Michigan)!
The UK has villages with funny names like Giggleswick, Scratchy Bottom, and Twatt!
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The Pacific Ocean’s deepest point, the Challenger Deep in the Mariana Trench, is so deep that you could stack 24 Empire State Buildings on top of each other and still not reach the surface!