12 Things You Probably Didn't Know About The State Of Maine
By Michelle|Published March 21, 2016
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Michelle
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Michelle's life is a colorful map of exploration and adventure. From the iconic streets of New York to the sunny shores of Florida, the jagged coast of Maine to the rugged terrain of Montana, she's been fortunate to call some of America's most beautiful states home. Beyond the U.S., Michelle's wanderlust has taken her on a motorcycle journey through India, led her to teach English in Hanoi, and saw her studying Spanish in Guatemala. Michelle graduated with a communications degree from the S. I. Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University and in addition to a career in advertising has worked with OnlyInYourState since 2016, where her love for travel and storytelling converges. Alongside writing and exploring, Michelle finds joy in photography, staying active, and time with her family.
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One of my favorite things about Maine is its dynamic personality and absolutely quirky nature. We have some of the most beautiful landscape in all the country, but we also have an entire museum devoted to umbrella covers. We have the depth and breadth of Acadia National Park, but we also pride ourselves on having invented the earmuffs. We are made up of so many cool things that it’s hard to keep track of who we really are. We thought it might be helpful to remind everyone of a few things Maine has given the world, along with some downright cool facts. Here are 12 things you didn’t know about Maine.
Forget about Freeport's Indian, the Skowhegan Indian is the tallest in the world. We can pretty much stop this list now given how excited I'm sure you all must be now! Erected in 1969 in honor of Maine's 150th anniversary and dedicated to the Abenaki Indians who inhabited the land, Skowhegan's Indian measures in a whopping 62 feet tall - and that's not including the 20-foot base.
2. The depth of our many harbors would allow us to provide anchorage for all the Navy fleets in the world.
Telstar was launched by NASA on July 10, 1962, from Cape Canaveral, Florida and was the first privately sponsored space-faring mission. Two days later, it relayed the world's first transatlantic television signal, from Andover Earth Station, Maine, to the Pleumeur-Bodou Telecom Center, Brittany, France.
5. Geographically, Maine is bigger than the other five New England States combined.
According to an Outside Magazine article published in May 2015 titled "The Piscivore's Dilemma," you may want to try Bangs Island Mussels if you want to make the smallest impact on the environment while still eating meat.
