Some of these facts will have you smiling and some will have you shaking your head, but they’ll all have you thinking “only in Florida.”
- The Everglades National Park is the only place where alligators and crocodiles coexist.
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- Stephen Foster, who wrote our state song, never visited Florida or even saw the Suwannee River.
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- Florida is not the southernmost state in the United States. It’s actually Hawaii.
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- Key West has the highest average temperature in the US.
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- Florida has one of only two naturally round lakes in the world. It’s located in DeFuniak Springs.
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- Florida has more golf courses than any other state.
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- Flamingos’ pink color comes from the shrimp they eat.
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- At the Flora-Bama Beach Bar’s annual Mullet Toss, thousands of people gather to throw dead fish into Alabama.
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- The St. John’s River is one of the few in the world to run north.
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- Florida was home to the fifth oldest tree in the world until a meth addict accidentally burned it down in 2012. It was 3,500 years old and 125 feet tall.
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- Clearwater, FL, has the highest number of lightning strikes per capita in the US.
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There are a lot more weird and fun facts about Florida. Please share them if you’ve know some!
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