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 * The most interseting facts on Connecticut are:
 * It is soruonded by RI,NY, and MA.
 * Longest river is the Connecticut river.
 * Highest point is Mt. Frissell, lowest point is sea level at Long Island Sound.
 * Biggest lake is Lake Candlewood.
 * Motto on state flag:"He who transplanted still sustains", in latin.
 * The vines on the sheild represent the first european settlement.
 * They have had the state flag since 1897.
 * Connectiucut became the nation's 5th state on Janurary 9, 1788.
 * An important war that happend in Connecticut was the Peqout War. Colonist won and over 700 Peqouts died.
 * State song: Yankee Doodle
 * The world's first lolipop was made in the Bradley Smith Co., New Haven in 1908
 * The New England's southernmost state, Connecticut, is one of the top producers of oysters in the country.
 * In 1997 there was a die-off of oysters because of two natural diseases hitting Connecticut. It takes about four years for the oysters to reproduce back to how they were before.
 * Charles Goodyear: Born in New Haven 1800, found out that rubber + sulfur= usable rubber.(check your tires, I bet they were made using this process!) He died in 1860.
 * Noah Webster: Born in West Hartford in 1758, wrote the Webster's Dictionary. He changed everones life forever. He died in 1843.
 * <span style="color: #000080; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">Yale University is in New Haven and it is the 3rd oldest University in the U.S.A. It even produced the nation's first doctor in 1729!
 * <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif;">There are many more fun facts on Connecticut.

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