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  • Krueger Brewing in Newark was the launching site for canned beer in 1933
  • The first filly to win the Kentucky derby was born in Lincroft, NJ on Brookdale Farm
  • New Jersey is a peninsula.
  • Highlands, New Jersey has the highest elevation along the entire eastern seaboard, from Maine to Florida.
  • New Jersey is the only state where all of its counties are classified as metropolitan areas.
  • New Jersey has more race horses than Kentucky .
  • New Jersey has more Cubans in Union City (1 sq mi.) than Havana, Cuba.
  • New Jersey has the densest system of highways and railroads in the US .
  • New Jersey has the highest cost of living.
  • New Jersey has the highest cost of auto insurance.
  • New Jersey has the highest property taxes in the nation.
  • New Jersey has the most diners in the world and is sometimes referred to as the "Diner Capital of the World."
  • New Jersey is home to the original Mystery Pork Parts Club (no, not Spam): Taylor Ham or Pork Roll.
  • Home to the less mysterious but the best Italian hot dogs and Italian sausage w/peppers and onions.
  • North Jersey has the most shopping malls in one area in the world, with seven major shopping malls in a 25 square mile radius.
  • New Jersey is home to the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island.
  • The Passaic River was the site of the first submarine ride by inventor John P. Holland.
  • New Jersey has 50+ resort cities & towns; some of the nation's most famous: Asbury Park, Wildwood, Atlantic City, Seaside Heights, Long Branch, Cape May.
  • New Jersey has the most stringent testing along our coastline for water quality control than any other seaboard state in the entire country.
  • New Jersey is a leading technology & industrial state and is the largest chemical producing state in the nation when you include pharmaceuticals.
  • Jersey tomatoes are known the world over as being the best you can buy.
  • New Jersey is the world leader in blueberry and cranberry production
  • In 1642, the first brewery in America opened in Hoboken.
  • The famous Les Paul invented the first solid body electric guitar in Mahwah, in 1940.
  • New Jersey is a major seaport state with the largest seaport in the US, located in Elizabeth. Nearly 80 percent of what our nation imports comes through Elizabeth Seaport first.
  • New Jersey is home to one of the nation's busiest airports (in Newark), Liberty International.
  • Several important Revolutionary War battles were fought on New Jersey soil, led by General George Washington.
  • The light bulb, phonograph (record player), and motion picture projector, were invented by Thomas Edison in his Menlo Park, NJ laboratory.
  • We also boast the first town ever lit by incandescent bulbs.
  • The first seaplane was built in Keyport, NJ.
  • The first airmail (to Chicago) was started from Keyport, NJ.
  • The first phonograph records were made in Camden, NJ
  • New Jersey was home to the first Miss America Pageant held in Atlantic City.
  • The game Monopoly, played all over the world, named the streets on its playing board after the actual streets in Atlantic City.
  • And, Atlantic City has the longest boardwalk in the world, not to mention salt water taffy.
  • New Jersey has the largest petroleum containment area outside of the Middle East countries.
  • The first Indian reservation was in New Jersey, in the Watchung Mountains.
  • New Jersey has the tallest water tower in the world. (Union, NJ!!!)
  • New Jersey had the first medical center, in Jersey City
  • The Pulaski Skyway, from Jersey City to Newark, was the first skyway highway.
  • NJ built the first tunnel under a river, the Hudson (Holland Tunnel).
  • The first baseball game was played in Hoboken, NJ
  • The first intercollegiate football game was played in New Brunswick in 1889 (Rutgers College played Princeton).
  • The first drive-in movie theater was opened in Camden, NJ (but they're all gone now!)
  • New Jersey is home to both of "NEW YORK'S" pro football teams!
  • The first radio station and broadcast was in Paterson, NJ.
  • The first FM radio broadcast was made from Alpine, NJ, by Maj. Thomas Armstrong.
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  • New Jersey's name originates from the Isle of Jersey in the English Channel.  The Isle of Jersey was named after Julius Caesar. 
  • Princeton and Trenton were each the capital of the United States for a short period of time.
  • 24 of the 27 acres that make up Ellis Island are in New Jersey.
  • Two-thirds of the 12 million immigrants that passed through Ellis Island and gained admission into the U.S. took the ferry to different places in New Jersey.  The remaining third took a ferry to lower Manhattan.
  • The ice cream cone was invented in 1896 by Italo Marcioni in New Jersey.
  • The first intercollegiate football game in U.S. history: Rutgers vs. Princeton, at College field in New Brunswick, NJ.  Final Score: Rutgers - 6; Princeton - 4.
  • The Statue of Liberty is located in New Jersey.
  • 23% of NJ is preserved as open space.
  • NJ is the birthplace of the only U.S. President to serve two non-consecutive four year terms (Grover Clevland).
  • NJ is the home of the C.A. Nothnagle House, the oldest log cabin home in the western hemisphere.
  • Two U.S. Presidents served as President of Princeton University (James Madison and Woodrow Wilson).
  • Hoboken has the most bars per square in the entire U.S. (140 active liquor licenses, which includes bars, restaurants, liquor stores and private clubs).
  • The first milking machine was invented by Walker Gordon Farms in Plainsboro, NJ.  This machine revolutionized the milk industry.
  • Elsie the cow and her husband Elmer (inspiration for the Elmer's glue brand) are actual cows from Plainsboro, NJ.
  • NJ is home to 2 of the top domestic professional cycling teams (the Colavita Team and the Navigators team), both of which will compete in the 2007 Tour de France.
 
 
 

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