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Interesting Facts About Oklahoma

• Oklahoma was recognized as a state on November 16, 1907 (the 46th state)
• The state's capital is Oklahoma City
• Largest Cities in 2010: Oklahoma City 579,999, Tulsa 391,906, Norman 110,925
• State bird: Scissor-Tailed Flycatcher
• State flower: Mistletoe
• State tree: Redbud
• State song: Oklahoma! From the Rodges and Hammerstein musical of the same name
• The name “Oklahoma” comes from the Choctaw words: “okla” meaning people and “humma” meaning red, so the state's name literally means “red people.”
• Oklahoma was mostly Native American Territory until the late 1800s.
• On April 22, 1889, land opened for white settlement in Oklahoma.
• Oklahoma has produced more astronauts than any other state.
• Oklahoma's Cimarron County is bordered by more states than any other U.S. county: Oklahoma, Texas, New Mexico, Colorado and Kansas.
• Commonly-used items invented in Oklahoma: aerosol cans, parking meter, shopping cart
• Oklahoma has more man-made lakes than any other state, with over one million surface acres of water and 2,000 more miles of shoreline than the Atlantic and Gulf coasts combined.
• Oklahoma is the third largest gas-producing state in the nation.
• Famous Oklahomans: Mickey Mantle, Garth Brooks, Vince Gill, Chuck Norris, Reba McEntire, Brad Pitt, Troy Aikman, Toby Keith and Will Rogers.