10 Shocking Things You Had No Idea Happened In Tennessee
We love our state, and aaaall the mysteries that reside within our borders. It’s a neat thing, to peel back the layers of Tennessee and figure out all the stories we have hidden in history – all the strange, crazy occurrences that have happened on this little piece of ground. Let’s see if you know any of them…

Tabasco sauce is aged in the barrels once used by Jack Daniel's Distillery.

The Tennessee electric chair was actually built from the remains of the state gallows in 1916.

Miguel Watson, an electric eel in the Tennessee Aquarium, tweets. Yep. He's on Twitter @EelectricMiguel and sends out a tweet when he emits a certain level of electricity.

All the decor is real and handpicked by a small team of dedicated, very talented, Tennessee men.

By Paramore, by becoming the first band actually from the Nashville area to go platinum - the curse existed for twenty years.

In 2007, a man on death row requested his last meal - a pizza - be given instead to a homeless man. His request was formally denied.

February 7th, 2008 was a rough day for Nashville - Comcast broadcast pornography instead of Cartoon Network for over AN HOUR. Who got fired for that one, huh?

Lynchburg is located in a dry county, so Jack Daniel's Distillery is caught in a tight bind with liquor rules.

Roughly running 200 times faster than the national average. Anyone smell a conspiracy...?

He runs an asphalt business in Tennessee, and has only watched his woman perform amongst the public once.
Weird stuff. What’s the weirdest thing you’ve ever heard about that happened in Tennessee?
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