Wacky Florida
by Rohit Patel on 20/08/07 at 11:45 am
Do you think you know everything about Florida? Prove yourself wrong!
- Clearwater has more lightning strikes per capita than any other city in the nation.
- Gatorade was named after the University of Florida Gators football team, who first tested the drink.
- More than 70 species of mosquitoes live in Florida.
- The biggest bald eagle nest in the United States was found in Florida. It was 10 feet (3 m) wide and more than 20 feet (6 m) deep!
- Walking catfish in Florida got their name because they can breathe out of water and can “walk” from one pond to another.
- Florida has more than 40 plant species that can’t be found anywhere else in the world.
- In 1981, a sinkhole in Winter Park grew to more than 1,000 feet (305 m) wide. When it sunk, it took a house, part of the neighborhood pool, and several Porsches with it.
- The Biltmore Hotel’s swimming pool is the largest hotel pool in the United States. Located in Coral Gables, the pool holds 600,000 gallons of water.
- In Everglades National Park, a 13-foot (3.9-m) Burmese python swallowed a 6-foot (1.8-m) alligator whole and then exploded!
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Anthony Araujo
Nov 29th, 2007
I love this page but needs more pages
Kenneth Gonzalez
Nov 29th, 2007
Ilove this page but needs more info
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