A few facts about NEW JERSEY........
New Jersey is a peninsula.
New Jersey has the highest population density in the US. An average 1,030
people per sq. mi., which is 13 times the national average.
Highlands, New Jersey has the highest elevation along the entire eastern
seaboard, from Maine to Florida.
New Jersey has the highest percentage urban population in the US with about
90% of the people living in an urban area.
New Jersey is the only state where all its counties are classified as
metropolitan areas.
New Jersey has more race horses than Kentucky.
New Jersey has more Cubans in Union City (1 sq. mi.) than Havana, Cuba.
North Jersey is the car theft capital of the world, with more cars stolen in
Newark then any other city.
Even the 2 largest cities, NYC and LA put together.
New Jersey has the most
dense system of highways and railroads in the US.
New Jersey has 108 toxic waste dumps, which is the most in any one state in
the nation.
New Jersey has the most diners in the world and is sometimes referred to as
the diner capital of the world.
North Jersey has the most shopping malls in one area in the world with seven
major shopping malls in a 25 square mile radius.
New Jersey is home to the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island.
The Passaic River was the site of the first submarine ride by inventor John
P. Holland.
New Jersey has over 50 resort cities and towns, some of the nations most
famous, Asbury Park, Wildwood, Atlantic City, Seaside Heights, and Cape May.
New Jersey is a leading industrial state and is the largest chemical
producing state in the nation.
New Jersey is a major seaport state with the largest seaport in the US
located in Elizabeth.
The light bulb, phonograph (record player), and motion picture projector were
invented by Thomas Edison in his Menlo Park laboratory.
The first sea-plane was built in Keyport.
The first air-mail to Chicago was started from Keyport.
The first phonograph records were made in Camden.
New Jersey is home to the Miss America pageant held in Atlantic City.
Atlantic City is where the street names came from for the game Monopoly.
Atlantic City has the longest boardwalk in the world.
New Jersey has the largest petroleum containment area outside of the Middle
East countries.
The first Indian reservation was in New Jersey.
New Jersey has the tallest water-tower in the world.
New Jersey is home to the Boy Scouts of America with its headquarters
located in New Brunswick.
Two-thirds of the world's eggplants are grown in New Jersey.
New Jersey had the first Medical Center, Jersey City.
The Pulaski Sky Way (first sky way highway) from Jersey City to Newark.
The first tunnel under the Hudson River. (Holland Tunnel)
The invention and manufacturing of the Colt Revolver was in Paterson.
New Jersey is the only state in the nation which offers child abuse
prevention workshops to every public school.
The first baseball game was played in Hoboken.
The first intercollegiate football game was played in New Brunswick; in 1889
Rutgers College played Princeton. Rutgers won.
The first Drive-in Movie theater was opened in Camden.
Home to both of NEW YORK'S Pro Football Teams
The first radio station and broadcast was in Paterson.
Unofficially divided into two parts...
This side and that side of the parkway bridge.
Jack Nicholson, Bruce Springsteen, Bon Jovi, Jason Alexander, Queen Latifa,
Shaq, Judy Blume, Aaron Burr, Joan Robertson, Joseph Czesnik, Dr. Carl
Gedon, John Milewski, Ken Kross, Dionne Warwick, Sarah Vaughn, Marilynn
McCoo, Flip Wilson, Alexander Hamilton, Whitney Houston, Eddie Money, Frank
Sinatra, Eileen Donnely, Grover Cleveland, Woodrow Wilson, Walt Whitman, Jerry
Lewis, Richard Wojewodzki, Joyce Kilmer, Bruce Willis, Caesar Romero, Lou
Costello, Nick Adams, Nathan Lane, Sandra Dee, Danny DaVito, Richard Conti,
Joe Pesci, Robert Blake, John Forsyth, Meryl Streep, Loretta Swit, Norman
Lloyd, Jerry Herman, Gorden McCrae, Kevin Spacey, John Travolta, Phyllis
Newman, all New Jersey natives.
And last but not least....
New Jersey produces the most beautiful women in the world!
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Pretty cool, huh?? Actually, I think the last fact is the best, don't you???
=)
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