Georgia Fun Facts

1. Historic Saint Marys Georgia is the second oldest city in the nation.
   
2. The pirate Edward "Blackbeard" Teach made a home on Blackbeard Island. The United States Congress designated the Blackbeard Island Wilderness Area in 1975 and it now has a total of 3,000 acres.
   
3. The official state fish is the largemouth bass.
   
4. In Gainesville, the Chicken Capital of the World it is illegal to eat chicken with a fork.
   
5. Georgia was named for King George II of England.
   
6. Stone Mountain near Atlanta is one of the largest single masses of exposed granite in the world.
   
7. Georgia is the nations number one producer of the three Ps--peanuts, pecans, and peaches.
   
8. Each year Georgia serves as a host to the International Poultry Trade Show, the largest poultry convention in the world.
   
9. Known as the sweetest onion in the world, the Vidalia onion can only be grown in the fields around Vidalia and Glennville
   
10. Georgia is the largest state east of the Mississippi River.
    
11. Georgia's population in 1776 was around 40,000.
    
12. Cordele claims to be the watermelon capital of the world.
    
13. The annual Masters Golf Tournament is played at the Augusta National in Augusta every first week of April.
    
14. Georgia is often called the Empire State of the South and is also known as the Peach State and Cracker State.
    
15. In 1828 Auraria, near the city of Dahlongea, was the site of the first Gold Rush in America.
    
16. Coca-Cola was invented in May 1886 by Dr. John S. Pemberton in Atlanta, Georgia. The name "Coca-Cola" was suggested by Dr. Pemberton's bookkeeper, Frank Robinson. He penned the name Coca-Cola in the flowing script that is famous today. Coca-Cola was first sold at a soda fountain in Jacob's Pharmacy in Atlanta by Willis Venable.
    
17. Berry College in Rome has the world's largest college campus.
    
18. The Little White House in Warm Springs was the recuperative home of Franklin D. Roosevelt.