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1) Seattlewas the first city in the US to play a Beatles song on the radio.

2) Washington is home to three National Parks, nine National Forests, and 100 State Parks.

3) Everett is the site of the world's largest building, Boeing's final assembly plant.

4) Washington state has more glaciers than the other 47 contiguous states combined.

5) Spokane was the smallest city in size to host a World's Fair in 1974

6) The world's first soft-serve ice cream machine was located in an Olympia Dairy Queen.

7) Starbucks, the biggest coffee chain in the world was founded in Seattle.

8) Seattle sells more sunglasses per capita than any other major city in the nation.

9) Washington is the birthplace of Jimi Hendrix in Seattle and Bing Crosby in Tacoma.

10) The world's first gas station opened in 1907 at Western Ave. and Holgate St.

11) Northgate shopping mall, built in 1950, became the world's first fully enclosed shopping mall.

12) Harbor Island is the largest man made island in the nation.

13) The Farmer's Market at Pike Place Market, since 1907, is the longest continuously operating farmer's market in the US.

14) The First permanent settlement in the state was Tumwater.

15) The Lunar Rover, the vehicle used by astronauts on the moon was made by Boeing based in Seattle.

16) Captain George Vancouver discovered Puget Sound in 1792.

17) Hells Canyon is the deepest gorge in North America at 5,000 feet deep.

18) Eighty percent of the glacial ice in the U.S is found in Washington State

19) There are over 40,000 miles of rivers and streams and more than 8,000 lakes in Washington.

20) Seattle has the country's highest percentage rate of residents with a college degree.

21) The Washington State Ferry System is the largest Ferry System in the US and the state's number one tourist attraction.

22) Snoqualmie Falls plunges 100 feet further than Niagara falls.

23) At low tide, there can be up to 786 islands in the Puget Sound.

24) Long Beach, Washington is home to the world's largest frying pan.

25) The Mercer Island Floating Bridge (now I-90), built in 1950 was the first floating bridge in the world.

26) Washington State has the longest single beach in the United States

27) The most rain any place in Washington ever got in one day was 14.26 inches at Mt. Mitchell in 1986.

28) Our state vegetable is the Walla Walla sweet onion.

29) The Space Needle in Seattle is 605 feet tall.

30) he Centennial Trail that goes from Spokane to Coeur d'Alene is 69 miles long.

31) There were many Native Indians of Washington including the Chinook, Clalskanie, Columbia, Makah, Nez Perce, Ozette, Palouse, Skin, Wallawalla, Wynoochee and the Yakima tribes

32) he area of the State covers 71303 square miles

33) Washington was the 42nd State to be admitted to the Union

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It's amazing. There is a lot of stuff to do, try pike place market and I believe there is a few museums. Also there is a lot of good places to eat and great coffee places. :)

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It has the Washington DC. Building

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