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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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Michigan

In 1847, Michigan became the first state in the United States as well as the first English-speaking government in the world to abolish the death penalty.

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