Alabama Facts and Trivia
Alabama introduced the Mardi Gras to the western world. The celebration is held on Shrove Tuesday, the day before Lent begins.
Alabama workers built the first rocket to put humans on the moon.
The world's first Electric Trolley System was introduced in Montgomery in 1886.
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Alabama is the only state with all major natural
resources needed to make iron and steel. It is also the largest
supplier of cast-iron and steel pipe products.
Montgomery is the capital and the birthplace of the Confederate States of America.
The Confederate flag was designed and first flown in Alabama in 1861.
Alabama became the 22nd state on December 14, 1819.
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The town of Enterprise houses the Boll Weevil Monument to
acknowledge the role this destructive insect played in encouraging
farmers to grow crops other than cotton.
Baseball player Henry Louis (Hank) Aaron was born in Mobile in 1934.
Boxer Joe Louis was born in Lexington in 1914. He died in 1981.
"Alabama" is the official state song.
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Baseball player Willie Howard Mays was born in Westfield in 1931.
A skeleton of a pre-historic man was found in Russell Cave.
At 2,405 feet Cheaha Mountain is Alabama's highest point above sea level.
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