North Carolina Fascinating and Fun Facts

WNCTIMES How Odd: North Carolina fun, odd, interesting facts!

 

 

In 1987, the General Assembly of 1987 adopted milk as the official state beverage.

North Carolina was the first state in the United States to establish a state museum of art.

James K Polk was born in Mecklenburg, North Carolina. He was also the 11th president of the US.

Beech Mountain is the highest town in Eastern America at 5,506 feet above sea level.

 

Fontana Dam is the tallest dam in the Eastern US. It’s 480 feet high. 

 

The Biltmore is an estate in Asheville NC. This home is America’s largest with 255 chateau rooms, an award-winning winery, and extensive gardens.

 

The first miniature golf course was built in Fayetteville North Carolina.

 

Morehead City is home to the North Carolina Seafood Fesitval. It’s held the first weekend in October every year.
North Carolina is the largest producer of sweet potatoes in the nation. If you’re a sweet potato lover, this is one of the best fun facts ever.

North Carolina is nicknamed ‘Tar Heel State.’ While no one is sure where this name came from, the story goes that back when North Carolina was the leading producer of tar, someone noticed footprints in the tar and that’s how the name came about.

 

North Carolina is also known as Old North State, the Land of the Sky, and the Rip Van Winkle State.

 

**Asheville North Carolina is a mecca for craft beer lovers and boasts the largest number of breweries per capita of any city in the US.

 

The state bird of North Carolina is the cardinal. 

 

Pepsi was invented in North Carolina by a drugstore clerk named Caleb Bradham. He originally named it “Brad’s Drink.” He was a doctor in training at the time and believed his syrupy concoction aided digestion. He re-named it “Pepsi-Cola” in 1898 after the word “dyspepsia.”

North Carolina has beaches, mountains, and forest, something for everyone.

 

The Venus Fly Trap is only found in two American states, North Carolina and South Carolina. However, the Venus Fly Trap is native to Hampstead, NC.

 

Whitewater Falls is the highest waterfall in the eastern region of the country. It’s located in Transylvania County, NC. 

Mount Mitchell is the highest peak east of the Mississippi at 6.684 feet.

 

Nascar was born in North Carolina, and all because of moonshine. During prohibition the state was known as the “Moonshine Capital of the World.” The repeal of Prohibition in 1933 didn’t stop them and in fact, they knew they needed to get faster. Hence, stock car racing and eventually Nascar.
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The city of Brevard has white squirrels, not albino, just white. Legend is the breed escaped from the circus back in the 1940s and have thrived ever since.

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