Posted in Wisconsin March 03, 2016 by

Here Are 10 Things They Don’t Teach You About Wisconsin In School

Don’t get me wrong – Wisconsin teachers are great. But you may have missed some key info about our state when you were in school. Here are 10 things about Wisconsin a lot of people don’t learn in school.

1. America's first kindergarten was founded in Watertown, Wisconsin in 1856.
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2. Wisconsin was the first state that implemented a state income tax.
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3. Wisconsin repealed its Prohibition laws four years before the rest of the nation.
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4. The phrase "On Wisconsin" was first uttered at the battle of Missionary Ridge during the Civil War.
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5. Wisconsin has more effigy mounds than any other region in North America.
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6. Wisconsin was the first to have unemployment compensation benefits (1932).
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7. "Badgers" became a thing not so much because of the animal, but because miners who settled Wisconsin would burrow into hills, resembling the creatures.
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8. The typewriter was invented in Milwaukee in 1869.
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9. The first Flag Day was celebrated in Ozaukee County in 1785.
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10. In 1919, Wisconsin was the first state to ratify the women's suffrage amendment.
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Those are some crazy facts about our state!

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