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50 Fun Facts About Every State in America

Facts About the 50 States

50 Fun Facts About Every State in America

May 30, 2018 by Anna Lauren Levy

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Tabasco sauce was created post-Civil War, when Edmund McIlhenny of Avery Island began fermenting his red pepper plants to make a spicy sauce.

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