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FUN FACTS ABOUT NORTH CAROLINA

The ‘Old north state’ has been the venue of many important births before it even became the 12th State to join the Union of States on the 21st of November 1789 [1]. In 1587, the first English child born in on American land, Virginia Dare, was born in the state of North Carolina. The county where she was born in what was Roanoke Colony was named after her family name, Dare County [2]. The white squirrel, an extremely rare species of squirrels that is still believed by many to not exist. Except for those who have been to Brevard City in North Carolina [3]. Those who don’t believe the existence of the white squirrels are even more unlikely to accept that North Carolina was once the settlement of dinosaurs. However, Sampson County in North Carolina has the proof in the form of the fossils of a duck-billed dinosaur to lay those doubts to rest [4].

North Carolina was also the birthplace of the famous Pepsi. The story goes that in the year 1893, Caleb Bradham, a clerk at a pharmacy, came up with a syrup-like drug that was supposed to help digestion. He first dabbled with the name ‘Brad’s Drink’ that was not going to do the new brand any favors. Fortunately, he took good advice and changed the name to ‘Pepsi-Cola’ five years later and reaped the rewards by selling 63, 744 pints of the exciting drink before the end of that year [5].

The State also boasts some of the very best wines in the country. In fact, North Carolina is where Medoc Vineyard, the first winery opened for business, a foundation that has led to a current depth of wine reserves that can be seen in the 200 commercial wineries and over 350 vineyards in active operation in the State of North Carolina [6]. As for the quality of the drinks, the drinks are so good that it actually provoked tourist attraction. For instance, the Yadkin valley of the Blue Ridge Mountains in North Carolina sees the face of more than 1,000 people every year [6].

Despite the fame of these drink, the state’s beverage is milk and most people that visit are more interested in drinking the famous ‘Cheerwine’. Cheerwine is the flagship beverage of the oldest soft drink company owned by a family that makes less use of caffeine than Pepsi and Coca-Cola [7]. For all those who has made a combination of any of those drinks and one of Krispy Kreme’s donuts, North Carolina extremely pleased to let you know that you had an all-North Carolina meal since the first Krispy Kreme donut was made in Winston Salem of North Carolina on the 13th of July in 1937 [1].

If you love Jazz music, then the North Carolina Jazz Festival is a place to be. Based on the pedigree of Jazz artistes that have come out of North Carolina including popular names like Tal Farlow, Percy Heath, John Coltrane, Tab Smith and Bill Taylor among others, you can rest assured that you will not be disappointed with the quality of music and the experience at the festival [8].

Until the year 1718, a pirate known as ‘Blackbeard’ terrorized North Carolina and plundered to his fill to the chagrin of the British. His luck ran out in an encounter with the British Naval Forces in 1718 [9]. North Carolina has also been terrorized by hurricanes, with the National Hurricane Center admitting North Carolina to be the second likely destination for a hurricane [10]. The Wright Brothers probably didn’t know that, since they chose North Carolina’s beach village of Kitty Hawk as the test site for the first flight of a plane in the world’s history [11].
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[2] “North Carolina,” [Online]. Available: https://www.onlyinyourstate.com/north-carolina/nc-facts/. [Accessed 1 12 2019].
[3] “Rare Blue Ghost Fireflies Only Glow In One Part of North America,” Curiosity, [Online]. Available: https://curiosity.com/topics/rare-blue-ghost-fireflies-only-glow-in-one-part-of-north-america-curiosity/.
[4] “Dinosaurs,” Science, [Online]. Available: http://science.unctv.org/content/scienceblog/dinosaurs.
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[6] “14 Facts North Carolina Will Surprise,” matadornetwork, [Online]. Available: https://matadornetwork.com/network/14-facts-north-carolina-will-surprise/.
[7] “Famous Foods Born In North Carolina,” North Carolina Tourism Agency, [Online]. Available: https://www.visitnc.com/story/adZa/famous-foods-born-in-north-carolina.
[8] “Jazz,” Ncpedia, [Online]. Available: https://www.ncpedia.org/jazz.
[9] “North Carolina’s Most Haunted,” NC DNCR, [Online]. Available: https://www.ncdcr.gov/blog/2018/09/18/north-carolina%E2%80%99s-most-haunted.
[10] “In-depth Analysis of US Hurricanes Which States Are Hit Most Frequently by Devastating Storms,” accuweather, [Online]. Available: https://www.accuweather.com/en/weather-news/in-depth-analysis-of-us-hurricanes-which-states-are-hit-most-frequently-by-devastating-storms/70005326.
[11] “Wright Brothers,” eyewitnesstohistory, [Online]. Available: http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/wright.htm.