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The state of Washington is the only state to be named after a
United States president.
Seattle is home to the first revolving restaurant in the 48
contiguous United States (and the second revolving restaurant
in the world). Located atop the Space Needle, at a height of
500 feet above sea level, the restaurant was opened in 1961.
Washington state produces more apples than any other state in
the union.
Washington state has more glaciers than the other 47
contiguous states combined.
Washington state's capitol building was the last state capitol
building to be built with a rotunda.
Everett is the site of the world's largest building, Boeing's
final assembly plant
Medina is the home of the United States wealthiest man,
Microsoft's Bill Gates.
The Northwestern most point in the contiguous U.S. is Cape
Flattery on Washington's Olympic Peninsula.
King county the largest county in Washington was originally
named after William R. King, Vice President under Franklin
Pierce; it was renamed in 1986, after civil rights leader Dr.
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Microsoft Corporation is located in Redmond.
Before it became a state, the territory was called Columbia
(named after the Columbia River). When it was granted
statehood, the name was changed to Washington, supposedly so
people wouldn't confuse it with The District of Columbia.
The highest point in Washington is Mount Rainier. It was named
after Peter Rainier, a British soldier who fought against the
Americans in the Revolutionary War.
The Governor Albert D. Rosellini Bridge at Evergreen Point is
the longest floating bridge in the world. The bridge connects
Seattle and Medina across Lake Washington.
Washington is the birthplace of both Jimi Hendrix (Seattle)
and Bing Crosby (Tacoma).
The oldest operating gas station in the United States is in
Zillah.
Washington's state insect is the Green Darner Dragonfly.
The world's first soft-serve ice cream machine was located in
an Olympia Dairy Queen.
Starbucks, the biggest coffee chain in the world was founded
in Seattle.
Spokane was the smallest city in size to host a World's Fair.
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The state capital is Olympia, and the largest city is Seattle.
As of the 2000 census, the state population was approximately
5.9 million and the state work force numbered about 3.1
million.
Residents are called "Washingtonians" (emphasis on the third
syllable, pronounced as tone).
Washington is bounded by the Pacific Ocean to the west; Oregon
to the south (the Columbia River forming most of this border);
Idaho to the east and British Columbia, Canada to the north.
Puget Sound's many islands are served by the largest ferry
fleet in the United States.
The forests of the Olympic Peninsula are among the rainiest
places in the world and the only rainforests (such as the Hoh
Rain Forest) in the continental United States
The first European record of a landing on the Washington coast
was by Spanish Captain Don Bruno de Heceta in 1775, on board
the Santiago, part of a two-ship flotilla with the Sonora.
The Lewis and Clark expedition entered the state on October
10, 1805.
The first settlement in Washington was New Market (now known
as Tumwater) in 1846.
In 1853, Washington Territory was formed from part of Oregon
Territory.
Washington became the 42nd state in the United States on
November 11, 1889.
Early prominent industries in the state included agriculture,
lumber, shipping, fishing, salmon canning and mining.
By the turn of the 20th century, Aberdeen had the distinction
of being "the roughest town west of the Mississippi" because
of excessive gambling, violence, extreme drug use and
prostitution (the city remained off-limits to military
personnel into the early 1980s).
The region around eastern Puget Sound developed heavy industry
during World War I and World War II, and the Boeing company
became an established icon in the area.
During the Great Depression, a series of hydroelectric dams
were constructed along the Columbia river as part of a project
to increase the production of electricity. This culminated in
1941 with the completion of the Grand Coulee Dam, the largest
dam in the United States.
During World War II, Seattle was the point of departure for
many soldiers in the Pacific, a number of which were quartered
at Golden Gardens Park.
In eastern Washington the Hanford Works atomic energy plant
was opened in 1943 and played a major role in the construction
of the nation's atomic bombs.
In 1980, the northeast face of Mount St. Helens exploded
outward, destroying a large part of the top of the volcano.
As of 2004, Washington's population included 631,500
foreign-born (10.3% of the state population), and an estimated
100,000 illegal aliens (1.6% of state population).
The six largest reported ancestries in Washington are: German
(18.7%), English (12%), Irish (11.4%), Norwegian (6.2%),
Mexican (5.6%) and Filipino (3.7%).
Washington is home to many innovative Internet companies,
including Amazon.com, Classmates.com, Whitepages.com, and
Marchex.
The percentage of non-religious people in Washington is the
highest of any state, and church membership is among the
lowest of all states.
The state of Washington is one of only seven states that does
not levy a personal income tax.
Property tax was the first tax levied in the state of
Washington and its collection accounts for about 30 percent of
Washington's total state and local revenue.
In 2004 Washington ranked first in the nation in production of
red raspberries (90.0% of total U.S. production), hops
(75.0%), apples (58.1%), sweet cherries (47.3%), pears
(42.6%), Concord grapes (39.3%), and Niagara grapes (31.6%).
There are 140 public airfields in Washington, including 16
state airports.
Washington is home to four of the five longest floating
bridges in the world: the Evergreen Point Floating Bridge,
Lacey V. Murrow Memorial Bridge and Homer M. Hadley Bridge
over Lake Washington, and the Hood Canal Bridge connecting the
Olympic and Kitsap Peninsulas.
Three ships of the United States Navy, including two
battleships, have been named USS Washington in honor of the
state.
United Airlines was originally owned by the Boeing Airplane
Company.
Popular games Pictionary, Pickle-ball, and Cranium were all
invented in Washington.
The town of Artic was to be named 'Arta' after the wife of the
town founder. The application was misread and resulted in the
unusual spelling of the word Artic.
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