| 1. St Augustine was the first European | | | | |
| settlement in North America. This makes it | | | | 14. The first known inhibiters of Florida |
| the oldest town in Florida. | | | | came to the state over 12,000 years ago. |
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| 2. Orlando is home to the most visited theme | | | | 15. President George W Bush and his family |
| parks in the US. | | | | spend their Christmas vacation every year at |
| | | | Gasparilla Island. His brother, Jeb Bush, was |
| 3. Hawaii is in fact further south than | | | | the Governor of Florida until 2006. |
| Florida, thus making Hawaii the furthest | | | | |
| southern state in the US. | | | | 16. Sanibel is world famous for the seashells |
| | | | that wash up on the beaches. When people |
| 4. Pine Island celebrates their mango crop | | | | collect these shells along the shore, their |
| every year by holding a mango festival and | | | | peculiar posture is known as the 'Sanibel |
| crowning a local lady the mango queen in | | | | Stoop'. |
| honor of the fruit. | | | | |
| | | | 17. Fort Myers is home to the Boston Red Sox |
| 5. Thomas Edison had a summer home in Fort | | | | during their spring training regime. |
| Myers. His friend Henry Ford liked the area | | | | |
| so much he built his summer home next door. | | | | 18. The Number 1 beach in the US in 2005, |
| They are both now museums and you can still | | | | according to Dr Beach - world-renowned beach |
| visit these homes today in their perfectly | | | | expert, is in Fort DeSoto Park, North Beach, |
| preserved state. | | | | and St Petersburg. |
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| 6. The alligator is the official reptile of | | | | 19. The Spanish Explorer Juan Ponce De Leon |
| Florida. | | | | originally discovered Florida in 1513. |
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| 7. The largest lake in the state of Florida | | | | 20. The English ruled Florida for only 20 |
| is Lake Okeechobee. | | | | years before being re-conquered by the |
| | | | Spanish in 1784. |
| 8. A person born in Florida thus making them | | | | |
| a true native is known as a 'cracker'. | | | | 21. Fort Myers Beach is home to Southwest |
| | | | Florida's shrimp fishing fleet. Every year |
| 9. Cape Coral has more waterways than Venice, | | | | they hold a shrimp festival in celebration of |
| Italy. It is a very popular vacation spot for | | | | the local shellfish. A priest blesses the |
| boaters. | | | | fishing fleet for the coming year and the |
| | | | grand finale of the event is the crowning of |
| 10. One of the world's greatest tarpon | | | | the shrimp queen. |
| fishing competitions is held every year in | | | | |
| the open waters between Gasparilla Island and | | | | 22. Florida has more golf courses than |
| Pine Island at Boca Grande Pass. | | | | anywhere else in the world. |
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| 11. The Palmetto Palm is the official tree of | | | | 23. Conch is a type of edible mollusk that is |
| Florida. | | | | a statewide delicacy. They are a little chewy |
| | | | and can be found fried, eaten raw with |
| 12. Florida is now the third most populated | | | | limejuice or in a soup. The correct |
| state in the US. | | | | pronunciation is 'conk'. |
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| 13. The Seminole tribe resides in Florida. | | | | 24. Wakulla Spring near Tallahassee is one of |
| There are 2,000 Native Americans who belong | | | | the largest freshwater springs in the world, |
| to this tribe. They live on 6 Indian | | | | pumping more than 250 million gallons per day |
| reservations in the state and are all | | | | that eventually flows into the Gulf of |
| directly descended from just 300 Seminole | | | | Mexico. |
| Indians who survived the civil war. | | | | |