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Boston Fun Facts
- Why is Boston called Beantown? At one time, Boston's port was once filled with ships bringing in sugar and molasses from the West Indies. When some clever Bostonian got the idea of cooking beans and molasses together, a new culinary masterpiece was created - Boston Baked Beans, which quickly became a favorite dish of the locals.
- St. Patrick's Day was first celebrated in North America in 1737, in none other than Boston. In modern times, Boston expects 600,000 revelers on the celebratory day.
Massachusetts Fun Facts
- If you want to see the famous Kennedy haunts in Hyannis, be prepared to take a site-seeing cruise - the only way to see the compound is from the water.
- At the Peabody Essex Museum in Salem, Massachusetts you can see 552 original documents of the Salem Witch Trials in 1692.
- Fun and true fact: There's a house in Rockport, Massachusetts that is built entirely out of newspaper! You can visit the paper house which was built in 1922. It's a real house!
- Ever wonder how Fig Newtons got their name? They were named after Boston suburb Newton, MA.
- Springfield, MA is the home to the first basketball game.
- Luxurious Nantucket and Martha's Vineyard actually started out as glaciers and were formed into islands during the ice age.
Connecticut Fun Facts
- The movie “Mystic Pizza,” which introduced us to Julia Roberts and in which Matt Damon had his debut role, takes place in none other than Mystic, Connecticut.
- The New Haven District Telephone Company published the first telephone book ever in 1878. The book contained fifty names.
- Walk on your feet only—at least that's what a Hartford law states when it comes to crossing the street. Walking on your hands is forbidden at all times when crossing the street.
- Connecticut is a state for fun firsts: The first hamburger (1895), the first Polaroid camera (1934), the first helicopter (1939), and the first color TV (1948) all call Connecticut home.
- Sweet tooth? Pez candy is made in Orange, a city in Connecticut.
Interesting Facts About Newport, Rhode Island
- Texas is about 165 times larger than Rhode Island. It's no urban myth that Rhode Island can fit into some ranches in Texas.
- Rhode Island may be smaller than some ranches in Texas, but it boasts fully 20% of the U.S.'s historical landmarks.
- Rhode Island may be smaller than some backyards in Texas, but the state's official name is the longest in the Union: The State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations.
- Polo was played for the first time in the United States in 1876 near Newport, Rhode Island. The city also hosted the first U.S. Open golf tournament, in 1895.
- The first jail sentence for speeding in an automobile in the United States was given out on August 28, 1904 in Newport.
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