Little Known Facts About Minnesota:

[Lee Borgersen]

Subject: Little Known Facts About Minnesota:

Minnesota became the 32nd state on May 11th, 1858 and was originally settled
by a lost tribe of Norwegians seeking refuge from the searing heat of
Wisconsin's winters.

The state flag of Minnesota consists of a blue background upon which sits a
design best described as "how a 7-year-old city girl would draw a picture
titled "Life on the Farm".

Minnesota gets it's name from the Sioux Indian word "Mah-nee-soo-tah",
meaning "No, really, they eat fish soaked in lye".

The state song of Minnesota is "Someday the Vikings Will... Aw, never mind"

The Mall of America in Bloomington, Minnesota covers 9.5 million square feet
and has enough space to hold 185,000 idiot teenagers yapping away on cell
phones.

Madison, Minnesota is known as "The Lutefisk Capital of the World". Avoid
this city at all costs.

"The Mary Tyler Moore Show" was set in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and was
Mary's first real acting job since leaving the "Dick Van Dyke Show". The
show, about a single woman's struggle to find happiness in the big city, was
originally titled "Life Without Dick", but that was changed for some reason.

The state motto of Minnesota is, "Where even a man who wears a feather boa
can grow up to be Governor."

Downtown Minneapolis has an enclosed skyway system covering 52 blocks,
allowing people to live, work, eat, and sleep without ever going outside.
The only downside to this is that a Norwegian occasionally turns up missing.

Cartoonist Charles M. Shultz was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and was the
only artist to accurately depict the perfectly circular heads of Minnesota
natives.

The Hormel Company of Austin, Minnesota produces 6 million cans of Spam a
year, even though no one actually eats that crap.

Water skis were invented in 1922 in Lake City, Minnesota by Ralph Samuelson.
Sadly, he drowned shortly afterwards, as the motorboat hadn't been invented
yet.

St. Paul, Minnesota was originally named "Pig's Eye", after French Canadian
whiskey trader Pierre "Pig's Eye" Parrant. Its "twin city", Minneapolis, was
known as "Pig's Colon".

The stapler was invented in Swingline, Minnesota by a chubby, mumbling man
named Milton in 1899. The city was mysteriously destroyed by fire later that
year.

Pelican Rapids is home to a 16-foot-tall concrete pelican, which subsists on
a diet of 4-foot-long concrete fish.

In 1973, Olivia, Minnesota erected a 25-foot tall fiberglass corn cob to
celebrate its rich, agricultural heritage. Then 1974 I it was eaten by a
50-foot statue of Babe the Blue Ox.

Yes, Minnesota has a LOT of problems with statue cannibalism.

Minnesota license plates are blue & white and contain the phrase "Blizzards
on Independence Day - You Get Used To It."

Frank C. Mars, founder of the Mars Candy Co. was born in Newport, Minnesota.
His 3 Musketeers candy bar originally contained three bars in one wrapper,
each filled with a different flavor nougat - chocolate, Spam, and lutefisk.

The first fully automatic pop-up toaster was invented in Minneapolis,
Minnesota in 1926, Minnesota's stringent bread-control laws currently only
allow residents to own semi-automatic toasters.

Tonka Trucks continue to be manufactured in Minnetonka, Minnesota, despite
the thousands of GI Joe dolls killed by them annually in rollover accidents.
No airbags, no seat belts. These things are DEATHTRAPS, I tell ya!

Author Laura Ingalls Wilder was born in Walnut Creek, Minnesota, and was
famous for writing the "Little House" series of books, as well as inventing
the "Spam Diet" - which consists of looking at a plate of Spam until you
lose your appetite. Much like the "Lutefisk Diet".

The snowmobile was invented in Roseau, Minnesota so as to allow families a
means of attending Independence Day picnics.

Contrary to popular myth, you CANNOT buy a 1-ounce can of Coke in Minnesota.

Singer Judy Garland was born in Grand Rapids, Minnesota. All gay men are
required by their religion to make a pilgrimage there at least once in their
lifetimes.

Minnesotans are almost indistinguishable from Wisconsinites. The only way to
tell them apart is to ask if they voted for Mondale in '84

[GRIZ]

This reminds me of an e-mail I got awhile back. It said you might know several people who have hit more than one deer ???  Who hasn't hit a half a dozen? YET.