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Fun Facts!
§ Minnesota, “Land of Ten Thousand Lakes,” actually has 12,000
lakes (made by Paul Bunyan) and 90,000 acres of coastline – more than
California.
§ Minnesota has the most golf
courses per capita in the US, and the highest concentration of theatres
per capita in the country.
§ The film, Grumpy Old Men,
was set Wabasha, MN, but was actually filmed in Saint Paul & Stillwater.
§ Minneapolis is the birthplace of the Democratic Farmer-Labor party and collective bargaining agreement
laws for Unions. Therefore, the state has a long history in this tradition, with
political figures such as Hubert Humphrey and Walter Mondale.
§ Twin Cities Headquarters: Target, 3M, Schwan’s, Dairy
Queen, Pillsbury, Betty Crocker, Kellogg’s, General Mills, Land O’
Lakes, Radisson, Best Buy, Mayo Clinic, Northwest Airlines, Josten’s, Cargill,
Toro…
§ Minnesota Historical figures: Laura Ingalls Wilder – MN is the prairie in “Little House on the
Prairie,” Charles Lindbergh, Warren Burger – Supreme Court Justice, John
Dillinger, F. Scott Fitzgerald, UN Secretary Gen. Kofi Anan attended college in
St. Paul…
§ A few Minnesota celebrities: Bob Dylan, Paul Molitor, Bill Murray – part owner St. Paul Saints
baseball team, David Bloom, Jessica Lange, Josh Harnett, Gena Lee Nolin, Sean
William Scott, Winona Ryder, Prince, Al Franken, Jesse Ventura, Louie Anderson,
Soul Asylum, Craig Kilborn… § Minnesota accepts some of the highest numbers of refugees in the country, including the country’s largest population of Hmongs, as well as high populations of Somalians and Nigerians. |
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