North Carolina

Greetings,

So a few interesting facts about North Carolina.   I have highlighted my favorite or most bizarre trivia fact.

The University of North Carolina Chapel Hill is the oldest State University in the United States.
 

In 1903 the Wright Brothers made the first successful powered flight by man at Kill Devil Hill near Kitty Hawk. The Wright Memorial at Kitty Hawks now commemorates their achievement.
 

High Point is known as the Furniture Capital of the World.
 

Known as "Fish Town" in the early 1700's when Blackbeard frequented the coast, "Beaufort Town" was established as a seaport with the right to collect customs, in 1722.
 

The Outer Banks of NC hosts some of the most beautiful beaches in the country.
 

Whitewater Falls in Transylvania County is the highest waterfall in the eastern United States.
 

Cape Hatteras is the largest lighthouse ever to be moved due to erosion problems.
 

Havelock is home of Marine Base "Cherry Point." It is the largest air base in the Marine Corps.
 

North Carolina is the largest producer of sweet potatoes in the nation.

Mount Mitchell in the Blue Ridge Mountains is the highest peak east of the Mississippi. It towers 6,684 feet above sea level.
 

Krispy Kreme Doughnut was founded in Winston-Salem. 
 

The Venus Fly-Trap is native to Hampstead.
 

The Biltmore Estate in Ashville is America's largest home, and includes a 255-room chateau, an award-winning winery and extensive gardens.
 

The first English child born in America was born in Roanoke in 1587. Her name was Virginia Dare.
 

Fontana Dam is the tallest dam in the Eastern United States, at 480 feet high.
 

Pepsi was invented and first served in New Bern in 1898.
 

 Babe Ruth hit his first professional home run in Fayetteville on March 7, 1914. 

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