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The pawpaw, a fist-size fruit tasting like a cross between bananas and vanilla custard, is nicknamed the "West Virginia banana," having taken its name from Paw Paw, W. Va.

first appeared: 5/21/2000

When Chuck Yeager broke the sound barrier on Oct. 14, 1947, he did so with two broken ribs caused by a fall from a horse. The Myra, West Virginia, native kept his injury secret so flight surgeons wouldn’t ground him that day.

first appeared: 5/7/2000

America’s second-highest bridge, over New River Gorge in Fayetteville, W.Va., draws bungee jumpers, parachutists, and 250,000 onlookers on Bridge Day every October. It’s the state’s most popular event.

first appeared: 4/23/2000

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