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Oxford- it's illigal to to drive more than 100 times around the town square Tylertown-it's illigal to shave in the middle of maine street Temperance- it's illigal to walk your dog without putting a diper on it or you will be arrested 
 * The first bottle of coke-a-cola was bottled in Mississippi
 * The first Tedy Bear was created in Mississippi when President Theadore Roosavelt was on a hunting trip in Mississippi and he refused to shoot bear.
 * Interesting odd laws-
 * Hens at one poltry farm in Mississippi produce more than 1.6 billion eggs a year  S tate motto- Virtue et Armis- Lattin for By Valor and Arms
 * State Flower-Magnolia
 * Fourth largest producer of cotton
 * The Mississippi River is the third largest in the world.
 * All of Mississippi's largest lakes are man made
 * One log in the Mississippi Petrified Forest is only 6 ft. long but weighs around 1,800 pounds
 * Brett Farve was born in Mississippi
 * Jim Henson the creator of the Muppets was born in Mississippi

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