We did the first round of bizarre facts about each US State and now we're back for round
two.
That's right, in this list, we're going to wrap up going through strange little facts
about each US state.
As we've discovered so far, the United States is full of weird happenings and history.
FromÂ uncomfortable festivals to Bigfoot traps, you're going to want to stick around
for what we're about to cover.
Ready to see what odd things the other States have been up to?
I'm Mike with List25 and Here are 25 Bizarre Facts About Each US State, Part 2.
25.
Montana - Testicle Festival For 35 years, this festival in Clinton, Montana,
hosted some of the wildest antics on planet Earth.
Hosting weird games, tons of music, plenty of debauchery, and thousands of Rocky Mountain
oysters, this wild party had people parading around town in costumes, or wearing nothing
at all.
However, in recent years, the festival has been canceled due to several deaths and low
attendance.
24.
Nebraska - Kickstarting the Apocalypse Believing that it was required to have a red
heifer born in Jerusalem to move along the second coming of Jesus Christ, a Nebraskan
farmer, along withÂ Reverend Clyde Lott, bought and sent planeloads of these red heifers
(at $1,000 per heifer) to the Holy Land.
Unfortunately for them, all the heifers were rejected and the apocalypse hasn't happened
yet.
23.
Nevada - The Black Mailbox Many don't realize famous stories can have
unintended consequences.
In this case, Area 51 and UFO sightings set off a panic and fascination for thousands
around the country.
Unfortunately for poorÂ Steve Medlin, he received the brunt it simply for living nearby.
A rancher along "Extraterrestrial Highway," he received tons of mail asking about Area
51.
He grew so tired of it, he made "The Black Mailbox," a mailbox with his name and the
name "Aliens" for all the mail to extraterrestrials.
Sadly, in 2015, the mailbox was taken down.
22.
New Hampshire - Chicken Farmer On Route 103 in Newberry, New Hampshire, a
large boulder is painted in red and white with the message, "Chicken Farmer I still
love you."
Some believe the rock first was painted as early as the 1970's by a boy trying to send
a message to a local girl on a chicken farm.
It remained unchanged for decades.
When it got worn down, locals would paint it to make sure it remained intact.
However, in 2011, someone complained about graffiti, and the city had it painted over.
Sure enough, someone repainted it back on the rock and locals have petitioned to keep
it there.
21.
New Jersey - Cockroach Derby The New Jersey Pest Management Association
holds a cockroach derby every presidential election to see which candidate will win.
Cartoon pictures are placed on top of each cockroach's back and they race.
Of course, in 2016, Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump raced in the derby.
Clinton won.
20.
New Mexico - Psychologists to Play Dress Up Upset by all the psychiatrists and psychologists
used asÂ expert witnesses in trials in New Mexico, former Senator Duncan Scott proposed
an amendment on a bill requiring them to dress up like wizards, wearing long white beards
and waving a wand around during testimony.
The Senate passed the bill, but it was ultimately removed in the house.
19.
New York - Albert Einstein's Eyes During Albert Einstein's autopsy in 1955,
his personal physician, Henry Adams, took his brain but more notably, his eyes.
According to him, he snipped them and they came off clean as a whistle.
After that, he placed Einstein's eyes in a safe deposit box somewhere in New York.
Just let that sink in for a moment.
Einstein's eyes are still out there somewhere in a safe deposit box.
18.
North Carolina - Hoi Toider While many languages are spoken in the US,
there's an English dialect spoken in a couple parts of North Carolina that most people living
outside the area would be hard pressed to understand.
The region has its own pocket of unique language.
17.
North Dakota - Spinning Ice In 2013, a very strange natural phenomenon
was recorded on the Sheyenne River in North Dakota.
It was a large spinning circle of ice.
It looked like a giant record on a turntable.
Scientists explained it was like tiny bits of ice all caught up in an eddy.
16.
Ohio - Cornhenge In Dublin, Ohio, a monument to an inventor
of various corn species resides in perfect form.
Called "Cornhenge," it was commissioned by the Dublin Arts Council and completed in 1994.
It consists of 109 6-foot tall ears of corn statues.
15.
Oklahoma - Space Debris The only person known to get hit by space
debris was Lottie Williams, a Tulsa, Oklahoma resident.
In 1997 she saw a flash of light and instantly was struck by a piece of metal.
NASA confirmed it was likely space debris.
Fortunately, Williams was not injured.
An estimated 5,400 tons of space debris has fallen to Earth over a forty year time span;
luckily, the chance of being hit by any of it is very, very small.
14.
Oregon - Bigfoot Trap Near Jacksonville, Oregon, they take Bigfoot
sightings very seriously, so much so that they built the first and only Bigfoot trap
in the United States.
After someone claimed to find 18-inch footprints resembling human feet, theÂ North American
Wildlife Research Team built the trap in 1974.
For six years, they filled the trap with animal carcasses.
Usually, the trap was only set off by a hungry bear, though.
13.
Pennsylvania - Male Cop As Amish Woman From 2013 to 2014, a male cop dressed up as
an Amish woman in Pulaski Township.
Why did he do this, you might ask?
Well, apparently he was going undercover to catch a man exposing himself to Amish children.
The Amish community was fully supportive of him so that he could potentially catch the
predator.
He never caught him, but as it turns out, a similar person was caught in another county
for doing the same thing.
12.
Rhode Island - Nuclear Explosion This little state experienced quite a big
explosion in 1964 when a uranium recovery worker made a big mistake at Wood River Junction.
Rather than addingÂ trichloroethane to a tank of uranium-235, he added more uranium
which led to the explosion.
Exposed to plenty of radiation, the worker died within 48 hours.
11.
South Carolina - The Caning of Charles Sumner On May 22nd, 1856, the U.S. Senate transformed
into a WWE wrestling match when South Carolina Representative Preston Brooks walked up to
unsuspecting Senator Charles Sumner and beat him over the head with his cane.
He beat him several times before Sumner was carried away.
Brooks walked out of the Senate chamber unrestrained and became a hero in his state.
Why the violent act?
Sumner was talking trash against one of Brooks' kinsman, Andrew Butler.
10.
South Dakota - Mashed Potato Wrestling If you ever wanted to wrestle with another
human being in a vat of mashed potatoes, now's your chance to head over to Clark, South Dakota,
and get in the ring.
That's right.
Mashed Potato Wrestling is a thing that happens.
Cause, why not?
9.
Tennessee - Murderous Mary After an elephant named Mary was goaded by
an inexperienced innkeeper, she charged and trampled him to death.
In reply, the circus took the elephant to nearby Erwin, Tennessee, and hung the elephant
with a railway crane.
8.
Texas - Blowout In 1854, a handful of Kentucky settlers moved
out to Texas, creating a small community that would later become Blowout, Texas.
In that area was a bat cave with a thousand bats and a substantial build-up of bat guano
which is full of ammonia and other flammable gases.
One night, lightning struck at the mouth of the cave, ignitingÂ a massive explosion of
bats and their prospective guano.
And that's how their little town got its name.
7.
Utah - UN Free Zone In 2001, the town of La Verkin came together
in a council meeting and voted on becoming a "UN Free Zone."
Even more bizarre, the council put in the ordinance that United Nations supporters must
come forward and put a sign on their lawn or business with the words, "U.N.
Work Conducted here."
They also had to file their support with the council and pay fees.
6.
Vermont - No Liquor for You!
While it's not a big deal for most people, if you are visiting Vermont and want to buy
alcohol to bring back to your vacation rental or hotel, you might come up empty handed.
Why?
Unless you are at a bar, Vermont will not sell alcohol to out-of-state licenses.
5.
Virginia - Home of Stonewall Jackson's Arm New York isn't the only state with random
body parts resting.
Stonewall Jackson's amputated left arm is buried in Lacy Family Cemetery in Ellwood.
For those who don't know, he lost said arm after his own men mistook him for the enemy.
4.
Washington - Vashon Island Bike Tree No one is really sure how it got there but
raised 7-feet high inside the trunk of a tree is an old, rusty bicycle.
Many stories and legends have been spread about it, usually involving a boy in 1910
leaning his bike against the tree and it swallowed up the bike over time.
Others just think its a big hoax.
Regardless, it's likely not going anywhere.
3.
West Virginia - Roadkill Cook Off Hosted in Pocahontas County, the annual West
Virginia Roadkill Cook-OffÂ is a beloved tradition by locals where they can eat squirrel
gravy over biscuits,Â teriyaki-marinated bear, or deer sausage.
After you get your fill, you can burn it off by running the Possum Trot 5k.
2.
Wisconsin - Trollway If you're a fan of trolls, and not those that
grace the comments section, the main street in Mount Horeb is a place you'll want to visit.
The "Trollway," as it's dubbed, is lined with hand-carved wooden trolls.
1.
Wyoming - Largest Jackalope The Jackalope is a hoax invented by Wyoming
brothers Douglas and Ralph Herrick after they affixed antlers to a jackrabbit and sold the
taxidermied animals and a tall tale to anyone who would believe them.
The myth spread, of course, and today you can find the largest Jackalope inÂ Dubois,
Wyoming.
Though, why you'd want to is anyone's guess.
So, once again, what's a weird fact from your state, country, or town?
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