DID YOU KNOW

Post by **noreply66** » Wed May 03, 2006 9:53 pm

MINNESOTA

Last September,Minnesota became the nation's first state to require all diesel fuel sold in the state be at least 2% biodiesel, a renewabe fuel made from soybean oil and other vegetable oil and fats.

Post by **noreply66** » Thu May 04, 2006 9:26 pm

MISSOURI

In 1983,Lebanon (pop 12,155) hooked the official title of "Aluminum Fishing Boat Capital of the World" for its many boat manufacturers,including Tracker Marine Corp.,Lowe Boats, G3 Boats and Landau Manufacturing Co.

Post by **noreply66** » Fri May 05, 2006 2:31 pm

NEBRASKA

Desperate for the latest farm news,members of 43 farm organizations created the Nebraska Rural Radio Association in 1948 and began KRVN 880-AM radio in 1951 in Lexington (pop.10,011) the nation's only rancher-and farmer-owned radio station.

Post by **noreply66** » Sat May 06, 2006 4:49 pm

NORTH DAKOTA

During hard economic times in 1893,millers at the Diamond Mill in Grand Forks ( pop. 49,321) created a porridge using farina and called it Cream of Wheat because of its white color.Americans lapped up.

Post by **noreply66** » Mon May 08, 2006 5:33 pm

OHIO

Humorist Erma Bombeck's grave at Woodland Cemrtery in Dayton is marked with a 29,000-pound rock hauled from her Arizona home to commemorate her years there.The Dayton native,whose column appeared in more than 800 newspapers,died in 1996.

BubbleGumTiger · Post by **BubbleGumTiger** » Tue May 09, 2006 10:14 am

Biomass Resources Corp. extracts ethanol from pineapple plant waste

May 8 -- Biomass Resources Corp. has successfully extracted ethanol from pineapple plant waste and pineapple fruit, the Boca Raton, Fla.-based company said.

"TodayÂ´s test results are tremendously significant by demonstrating that we can successfully extract ethanol from plant waste," said Arnold Ramirez, chief scientist at Biomass.

"Current ethanol processes from products such as sugar cane and corn require the producer to select either food or ethanol as the end product," Ramirez said. "By using the unique Biomass Resources method of processing the plant waste, we are not required to make a food-or-fuel decision."

Post by **noreply66** » Thu May 11, 2006 9:36 am

SOUTH DAKOTA

The T-28,an armored research plane able to penetrate hailstorms,is operated by the Institute of Atmospheric Science at the South Dakota School of mines and Technology in Rapid City _pop.59,607).

Remember_The_Name · Post by **Remember_The_Name** » Thu May 11, 2006 9:39 am

George Bush Is President

Remember_The_Name · Post by **Remember_The_Name** » Thu May 11, 2006 9:40 am

Cheese is great!

Remember_The_Name · Post by **Remember_The_Name** » Thu May 11, 2006 9:40 am

Ryan Chapman is a girl! lol j/j

Remember_The_Name · Post by **Remember_The_Name** » Thu May 11, 2006 9:41 am

fourseam00 is a loser!

Post by **noreply66** » Sun May 14, 2006 8:07 am

WISCONSIN

Legendary U.S. Sen. William Proxmire,who served in Congress from 1957 to 1989,created the Golden Fleece Award to spotlight government waste.He served more than 20 years without missing a roll-call vote,a Senate record.Proxmire died last December.

Post by **noreply66** » Mon May 15, 2006 9:12 pm

ILLINOIS

The famous green drapes from the movie set of "Gone With The Wind" are among furnishings at the Belvedere,an 1857 mansion in Galena (pop. 3,460).In the story ,Scarlett O'Hara used the drapery fabric to make an elegant gown.

Post by **noreply66** » Tue May 16, 2006 10:25 pm

INDIANA

The world's tallest woman is Sandy Allen.of Shelbyville (pop.17,951),who stands 7 feet, 7 and 1/4 inches.Born in 1955,a glandular disorder caused her excessive height and ,by age 10,she was 6 feet.3 inches tall.

Post by **noreply66** » Thu May 18, 2006 3:44 pm

IOWA

The nation's first female school superintendent was Phoebe W. Sudlow,who served from 1874 to 1878 as superintendent of Davenport Public Schools.In 1878,she became the first female professor at the University of Iowa in Iowa City.

Post by **noreply66** » Sat May 20, 2006 8:58 pm

KANSAS

Popeye's girlfriend,Olive Oyl,known for her hand wringing and high-pitched voice,was modeled after comic actress ZaSu Pitts,born around 1898 in Parsons (pop. 11,514),ZaSu was named after two aunts,Eliza and Susan.

Post by **noreply66** » Mon May 22, 2006 7:58 pm

MICHIGAN

Poet Robert Frost completed his Pulitzer Prize-winning book,New Hampshire,while a writer-in-residence at the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor from 1921 to 1925.Welcoming his arrival,a local drugstore named a chocolate-covered ice cream treat "Frost Bite"

Post by **noreply66** » Wed May 24, 2006 11:04 am

MINNESOTA

The nation's oldest public wildflower garden is the Eloise Butler Wildflower Garden and Bird Sanctuary,established in 1907 in Minneapolis.A trail meanders for two-thirds of a mile through woodland,swamp and prairie areas blooming with native wildflowers.

Post by **noreply66** » Thu May 25, 2006 6:03 pm

MISSOURI

Research at Central Missouri State University in Warrensburg (pop,16,240) last year discovered the largest known prime number,which is 9.1 million digits long.A prime number can be divided evenly only by itself and the number one.

Post by **noreply66** » Sun May 28, 2006 1:18 pm

NEBRASKA

Established in 1884,the U.S. Indian Inustrial School at Genoa (pop. 981) was the federal government's fourth non-reservation boarding school and operated until 1934.Today,one of the school's restored building serves as a museum and culture center.