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H The bread twist was invented in Maysville.
H The shopping cart was invented in Ardmore in 1936.
H The nation's first parking meter was installed in
Oklahoma City in 1935.
H The first Girl Scout cookie was sold in Muskogee
in 1917.
H Cimarron County, located in the Oklahoma
Panhandle, is the only county in the
United States bordered by 4 separate states:
Texas, New Mexico, Colorado, and Kansas.
H The Oklahoma State Capitol is the only capital in
the United States with working oil wells on
its grounds.
H Boise City, Oklahoma, was the only city in the
United States to be bombed during World War II.
On Monday night, July 5, 1943, at 12:30 a.m.
a B-17 bomber based at Dalhart Army Air Base,
Texas, dropped six practice bombs on the
sleeping town, mistaking the city lights as
target lights.
H WKY Radio in Oklahoma City was the first radio
station transmitting west of the Mississippi
River.
H The nation's first "Tornado Warning" was issued on
March 25, 1948 in Oklahoma City minutes before
a devastating tornado. Because of the warning,
no lives were lost.
H Oklahoma has the largest Native American population
of any state in the nation.
H More astronauts are from Oklahoma than any other
state.
H The first traffic "Yield" sign was erected in Tulsa
on a trial basis.
H Pensacola Dam on the Grand River is the longest
multi-arched dam in the world.
H The "Port of Catoosa", north of Tulsa, is the
largest inland port in America.
H The aerosol can was invented in Bartlesville.
H The highest wind speed ever recorded on earth was
in Moore, Oklahoma, on May 3rd, 1999.During an F-5
tornado, the wind speed was clocked at 318 mph.
H Oklahoma is the second largest producer of wheat
in the United States.
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