• Florida is not the southernmost state in the United States. Hawaii is farther south.

• May 20, 1970 Florida lawmakers passed and sent to the Governor a bill adopting the moonstone as the official state gem. Ironically, the moonstone is not found naturally in Florida...nor was it found on the moon.

• Miami installed the first bank automated teller machine especially for rollerbladers.

• Florida is the only state that has 2 rivers both with the same name. There is a Withlacoochee in north central Florida (Madison County) and a Withlacoochee in central Florida. They have nothing in common except the name.

• Citizens of Okeechobee County Florida own more pick-up trucks per capita than anywhere else in the country with an average of 3.2 trucks per family. Okeechobee County also has a larger population of cows than it does people.

• Once a year, thousands of Floridians stand at the state line and toss dead fish into Alabama. It's the annual Mullet Toss hosted by Flora-Bama Beach Bar in Pensacola.