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Milk is better than water for cooling your mouth after eating spicy food, according to the state’s Department of Agriculture.

first appeared: 2/22/2004

The state has one pleasure boat registered for every 21 residents.

first appeared: 2/15/2004

The state had a flourishing grape and wine industry in the 19th century, with about 5,000 acres under cultivation, but World War I, Prohibition, and the Dust Bowl drought led to the demise of many Nebraska vineyards.

first appeared: 2/8/2004

In 1927, Edwin E. Perkins of Hastings (pop. 24,064) devised a way to turn his liquid drink concentrate called Fruit Smack into an easier-to-package powder, which he called Kool-Aid.

first appeared: 2/1/2004

The world’s largest open-air aviary, with exotic birds from all over the world, reportedly is located in Omaha’s Henry Doorly Zoo.

first appeared: 1/25/2004

America’s new record-setting hailstone measures more than 7 inches in diameter and was found in Aurora (pop. 4,225) on June 22, 2003. Residents kept the hailstone from melting, and it now resides at the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Boulder, Colo.

first appeared: 1/18/2004

The 141,549-acre Nebraska National Forest is the largest man-made forest in the world, with its first trees planted there in the early 20th century.

first appeared: 1/11/2004

The Big Bend area of the Platte River, which is between Columbus (pop. 20,971) and North Platte (pop. 23,878), is where the western High Plains meet the Sandhills—one of the world’s largest grass-stabilized sand dune regions. It has been called the Crossroads of North America, referring to its location as an intersection of the country’s major east-west migration, and a north-south route for migrating birds.

first appeared: 1/4/2004

A cannon on the courthouse lawn in Tecumseh (pop. 1,716) pays tribute to the USS Maine destroyed in 1898. The cannon is a replica, however, because the original was called to duty for scrap metal during World War II.

first appeared: 12/28/2003

The Hastings (pop. 24,064) Chamber of Commerce held a ribbon-cutting ceremony last September to welcome a restroom. Harriet McFeely nearly lost her catering business because it was equipped with only one restroom, instead of the two required by local zoning.

first appeared: 12/21/2003

Ruts made by covered wagons are visible at Rock Creek Station State Historic Site near Fairbury (pop. 4,262) where an 1857 station served Pony Express riders and travelers along the Oregon Trail.

first appeared: 12/14/2003

U.S. President Gerald R. Ford (1974-1977) was born Leslie King Jr., on July 14, 1913, in Omaha, and was renamed after his stepfather.

first appeared: 12/7/2003

The state’s highest temperature of 118 degrees was recorded in Geneva (pop. 2,226) on July 15, 1934; Hartington (pop. 1,640) on July 17, 1936; and Minden (pop. 2,964) on July 24, 1936.

first appeared: 11/30/2003

Lori Bortner, 20, of McCook (pop. 7,994) is Miss Rodeo America 2003 and will log 100,000 miles traveling to events to promote the sport.

first appeared: 11/23/2003

Some 2,500 visitors blow into Callaway (pop. 637), the state’s Kite Flight Capital, for kite exhibitions and contests each Labor Day.

first appeared: 11/16/2003

In 1979, the state adopted the fine silty soils of the Holdrege series as the official state soil.

first appeared: 11/9/2003

In the late 1850s and 1860s, Omaha businessman Edward Creighton was essential in building the state’s first telegraph lines.

first appeared: 11/2/2003

Ten-year-old Annie Tacha of Grand Island (pop. 42,940) raised $7,000 last summer from bake sales, car washes, and donations to buy a police dog and bullet-proof dog vests for the Hall County Sheriff’s Department.

first appeared: 10/26/2003

James Van Etten, professor of plant pathology at the University of Nebraska at Lincoln, was elected last April to the National Academy of Sciences. His research led to the discovery of a new family of viruses in algae.

first appeared: 10/19/2003

Well-known auctioneer Arthur Weimar Thompson called more than 7,500 purebred livestock auctions nationwide during his 46-year career. He was born in 1886 in Bradshaw (pop. 336).

first appeared: 10/12/2003

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