In this video you can find seven little known facts about Missouri. Keep watching and subscribe, as more states will follow! You can now support this channel via Patreon, by accessing the link bellow. Thank you! https://www.patreon.com/7facts Learn, Share, Subscribe US States & Territories https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLbZJ71IJGFRT2EjuHJUt4-YZ59SZNc8ch 206 Countries in One Series https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLbZJ71IJGFRR54b-LlPPw6YcUFiBEEP6G Social Media: https://twitter.com/Sebastian2Go https://www.facebook.com/official7facts ------------------------------------------------ More information about the video content bellow: 1. Missouri has quite a few important and famous cities. The capital is Jefferson City, a city of 43,000 people, named after president Thomas Jefferson. St. Louis is probably the most well know of the Missourian cities, and although it’s over 7 times larger than Jefferson, it’s not the capital. Confusingly, Kansas City is also in Missouri, although there’s another Kansas City in Kansas too. So, in short, Missouri’s capital is Jefferson, its largest city is Kansas City and its largest metro is St. Louis. 2. Missouri has quite a number of towns with internationally recognizable names, but these small communities have completely different ways of saying the town's name. Cairo, for example, is not pronounced like the Egyptian capital (even though it was named after it), but as CAY-ro. New Madrid is named for the Spanish city, but is pronounced New MAD-rid rather than Ma-DRID. 3. The notorious 1949 exorcism that spawned a book and the groundbreaking 1973 horror film did not originally take place in the D.C. suburb of Georgetown, as it did in the movie, but in a quiet residential St. Louis neighborhood about 10 minutes from the airport. Though Father William S. Bowdern is claimed to have successfully exorcised the demon from 12-year-old Roland Doe in June 1949, many claim evil spirits still lurk in the house. 4. The 1904 World's Fair in St. Louis introduced the masses to a number of new treats, including the waffle cone, cotton candy, iced tea, and Dr Pepper. St. Louis hosted the 1904 Summer Olympics—the first Olympic Games ever held in the U.S.—at the same time as the World's Fair. But only 42 of the 91 events actually included competitors from other countries. The craziest part, though, was the marathon: Almost half of the runners got heat stroke, and the first-place winner cheated by hitching a car ride from mile nine to mile 19. 5. Missouri is often called the "Cave State" because of the more than 6300 recorded caves within its borders. One of them, the Bridal Cave in Camdenton, actually hosts marriage ceremonies. The tradition started based on a (pretty unromantic) Native American legend of a wedding that took place there. But even if you aren't looking to get hitched, the Bridal Cave (and many, many other caves throughout the Ozark region) are open for tours. 6. Earthquakes aren't just for California. Four of the largest in North American history—up to a moment magnitude of 8.0—occurred from December 1811 to February 1812 in New Madrid, Missouri. A series of the most powerful earthquakes ever recorded in the United States leveled the area, had witnesses saying they saw the ground "rolling in waves," and rang church bells as far away as Charleston, S.C. Missouri is also home to the most destructive tornado in U.S. history. 7. The western side of the state claims the starting points for three major trails to the west: the Oregon Trail, the Pony Express, and the Santa Fe Trail. You might remember from the computer game that Kansas City suburb Independence was the launching point for the Oregon Trail, and St. Joseph, a city roughly an hour north of there, was the headquarters and start of the short-lived Pony Express. The tiny town of Franklin was the beginning point for the Santa Fe commerce wagon route from 1821 until roughly 1880. More Info: http://mentalfloss.com/article/58919/15-things-you-might-not-know-about-missouri http://mentalfloss.com/article/72079/25-facts-about-missouri-show-me Music: samlagore - calming waves https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tr044U6mYbY https://soundcloud.com/samlagore https://twitter.com/samlagore https://samlagore.bandcamp.com Images: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/de/St_Louis_night_expblend.jpg http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-2VCWX51ntOY/UDhTzXRXRDI/AAAAAAAAJRw/sEZXEBsnhsw/s1600/2012-08-24%2B08.38.04-748345.jpg https://thepracticalhistorian.files.wordpress.com/2015/10/tvcritics-exorcismlive-02aca-wdp.jpg http://www.historyhappenshere.org/sites/default/files/uploads/gym.jpg https://c1.staticflickr.com/5/4117/4877447220_c6847a2cac_b.jpg http://www.travelinggeologist.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/hjk00013.jpg https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d7/Oregon_Trail_reenactment_-_NARA_-_286054.jpg Intro Creator: Pushed to Insanity http://pushedtoinsanity.com/portfolio-item/free-2d-outro-template-11/

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