Fun Facts About Oklahoma

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Fun facts about oklahoma. Sylvan goldman owner of the piggly wiggly supermarket chain in oklahoma city conceived of the folding basket carrier in 1937 after brainstorming ways for customers to carry their groceries. The oklahoma state capitol is the only capitol in the world surrounded by working oil wells. When if comes to oklahoma most of the country considers it flyover territory as if there wasn t a single interesting thing about usa s most ecologically diverse state. Not too many years ago giant oil rigs dotted the grounds of the oklahoma capitol.

Today oklahoma is home to thirty nine federally recognized american indian tribes. The elevators in the frank lloyd wright designed price tower in bartlesville are half hexagons. Oklahoma produces more gypsum than any other state. Oklahoma is the only state that produces iodine.

Oklahoma declared watermelon a vegetable and made it their official state vegetable. It is also the oldest incorporated town in the state. In stringtown oklahoma population 400 76 percent of the town s 2013 budget came from traffic tickets. Oklahoma territory and indian territory were merged into the state of oklahoma when it became the 46th state to enter the union on november 16 1907.

Today oklahoma has more major tornadoes per square mile than any other state in the country. The tulsa center of the. The oklahoma state quarter features an image of the stare bird the scissortail flycatcher in flight with its distinctive tail feathers spread. The highest recorded temperature in oklahoma was 120 degrees in tipton on june 24 1994.

I m not going out on a limb to convince them otherwise look what it s done to texas with all them west coasters moving out there ruining the most ruggedly solid state in the union. It s one of three states that produce helium. Fun facts the first tornado forecast and tornado warning occurred in oklahoma on march 25 1948 when a tornado touched down at the tinker air force base. Oklahoma has 55 646 miles of shoreline more than the atlantic and gulf coasts combined.

Vinita oklahoma was the first town in the state to have electricity. After a state investigation into excessive. Murrah federal building was blown up in 1995 because of a bomb that went off in a truck outside the building. Iodine needs in 1998.

During the course of the day on june 8 1974 oklahoma city was struck by five different tornadoes.