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Kentucky Agate- but coal is the state mineral.
Kentucky's Nickname is The Bluegrass State.
The official State bird is the Cardinal.
The Northern Cardinal was adopted as state bird of Kentucky in the year 1926.
The abbreviation for the US State of Kentucky is Ky.
Kentucky's state motto is "United We Stand, Divided We Fall".
No state has their own anthem, but there are songs that are thought of as national anthems, because they are sung in that state so much.
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Examples of dishes in the Bluegrass State include: The Hot Brown, a mint julep, Johnny Cakes, goetta, and burgoo.
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