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The state is not the southernmost in the United States; Hawaii is.

first appeared: 2/1/2004

Underwater ballet at Weeki Wachee Springs is performed in a natural spring that connects to surrounding swamps. As a result, performers often are joined by uninvited fish, turtles, and even alligators.

first appeared: 1/25/2004

The theme ride, “It’s a Small World,” at the Magic Kingdom in Orlando began as an exhibit at the New York World’s Fair in 1964.

first appeared: 1/18/2004

Tourism, the state’s largest industry, generated $50.8 billion for the state’s economy in 2002, when roughly 70 million tourists visited the Sunshine State.

first appeared: 1/11/2004

At 345 feet above sea level, the state’s highest point at Britton Hill is the lowest, high-point of any state.

first appeared: 1/4/2004

Too poor to hire a lawyer, Clarence Earl Gideon represented himself and lost his burglary case in 1961 in Panama City (pop. 36,417), but won a 1963 landmark U.S. Supreme Court decision guaranteeing all defendants legal counsel regardless of ability to pay.

first appeared: 12/28/2003

Miss America 2004 is Ericka Dunlap, 21, a law student at the University of Central Florida in Orlando.

first appeared: 12/21/2003

Bosco can’t bowl, but the chocolate Labrador retriever fetches gutter pins for professional bowler Steve Neff, owner of Neffer’s Bowling in Homosassa Springs (pop. 12,458). Bosco has made national television appearances.

first appeared: 12/14/2003

In 1985, ballpark organist Wilbur Snapp at Jack Russell Stadium in Clearwater was ejected from a game by umpire Keith O’Connor after playing Three Blind Mice to protest a call. Snapp became famous for the incident.

first appeared: 12/7/2003

Nearly 400 people dived into the 19th Lower Keys Underwater Music Festival last July at Looe Key National Marine Sanctuary near Big Pine Key (pop. 5,032). Piped-under music included Yellow Submarine.

first appeared: 11/30/2003

A combination country store and post office has served the community of Evinston since the 1880s.

first appeared: 11/23/2003

Five species of endangered sea turtles are found in Florida: green, loggerhead, Kemp’s ridley, leatherback and hawksbill.

first appeared: 11/16/2003

With more than 10,000 varieties of seashells, Sanibel Seashell Industries in Sanibel (pop. 6,064) is one of the world’s largest seashell dealers.

first appeared: 11/9/2003

Dade County in Miami may have the nation’s first traveling courthouse after outfitting a bus as a circuit court. The “Government on the Go” Bus revved up in 2002 after a branch court closed for renovations.

first appeared: 11/2/2003

The largest concentration and variety of orchids in North America grows in the Fakahatchee Strand near Copeland.

first appeared: 10/26/2003

To honor its strawberry-growing roots, Plant City (pop. 29,915) created the world’s largest strawberry shortcake in 1999. The 827-square-foot dessert weighed 8,000 pounds.

first appeared: 10/19/2003

John “Buck” O’Neil became the first African-American to coach in the major leagues in 1962 with the Chicago Cubs. He was born in 1911 in Carrabelle (pop. 1,303).

first appeared: 10/12/2003

Dr. Robert Good, immunologist at All Children’s Hospital in St. Petersburg, performed the first successful bone marrow transplant in 1968 at the University of Minnesota.

first appeared: 10/5/2003

The Lanier family of Wewahitchka (pop. 1,722) is renowned for its tupelo honey, harvested since 1898 from beehives in the swampy Apalachicola River.

first appeared: 9/28/2003

Myakka fine sand, found only in Florida, was adopted in 1989 as the official state soil.

first appeared: 9/21/2003

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