FUN FACTS ABOUT TENNESSEE

Hi Ya'll,

Today I've got some interesting and fun facts about Tennessee. Here we go.............

How about this OLDEST fact. Did you ever wonder how old Jack Daniels is? Well the Jack Daniel’s Distillery is the OLDEST registered distillery in the United States and is located in Lynchburg, Tennessee. It was founded in 1875 and is still in operation today.

OK, now snakes aren’t my favorite subject but Tennessee is home to 32 species of snakes; 4 of which are venomous. The poisonous snakes are all from the Pit Viper family. They are the Northern and Southern Copperhead, the Western Cottonmouth, the Timber Rattlesnake and the Western Pigmy Rattlesnake.

I bet the kids out there know this one. I'm sure it's taught in every Tennessee school. There are eight states that border Tennessee. They are Alabama, Georgia, Kentucky, Missouri, Virginia, North Carolina, Mississippi, and Arkansas. No other state, except Missouri, has that many bordering states.

And I bet that most of us who were born and raised in Tennessee know that Knoxville's Neyland Stadium is the home of the University of Tennessee football team. But do you know that this stadium was named after football coach Robert Reese Neyland? Neyland produced 9 undefeated teams. Seven S.E.C. titles, 1 National Championship and seven bowl games. All of this was accomplished between 1926 and 1952. Neyland and 6 of his players were elected to the Football Hall of Fame.

You know as I do that there is so much talk about energy today. Here’s a quick note. Tennessee is known as The Energy Capital of the World. Oak Ridge, Tennessee is where the atomic bomb, that America used against Japan in World War II, was built. Energy research is still being conducted there today.

A lot of the kids out there will like this one……Tennessee happens to be the "Turtle Capital of the World". This is because of the many species of turtles that inhabit the state. There are literally thousands of turtles in Reelfoot Lake, which include several different varieties such as stinkpots, mud, sliders, and map turtles. Reelfoot Lake is located in northwestern Tennessee in Tiptonville.

Did you ever want to be in the center of things? Well if you go to the city of Murfreesboro (southeast of Nashville) you will be in the center of the state. Murfreesboro lies in the exact geographical center of Tennessee.

So now you have more interesting and useful(?) information about Tennessee. Don't you feel educated now? Hehehehehe :)

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See ya next time!

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