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1. THE AGRICULTURE INDUSTRY IS BOOMING IN NORTH DAKOTA DUE TO A NUMBER OF THINGS, BUT MAINLY THE ABUNDANCE OF NATURAL RESOURCES. THE STATE PRODUCES THE MOST SPRING WHEAT, DURUM WHEAT, DRY EDIBLE PEAS, DRY EDIBLE BEANS, HONEY, FLAXSEED, AND CANOLA IN THE ENTIRE NATION. 2. ALMOST 90% OF NORTH DAKOTA’S LAND AREA (39.1 MILLION ACRES) IS FARMLAND AND RANCHES. 3. THE LARGEST HAMBURGER IN THE WORLD WAS EATEN IN RUTLAND, NORTH DAKOTA! WEIGHING IN AT A WHOPPING 3,591 POUNDS, AND WITH A CROWD OF 8,000 PEOPLE, THIS MUST HAVE BEEN SOME SPECTACLE. 4. THIS ONE IS FOR THE TRIVIA-LOVERS OUT THERE, AS MOST PEOPLE YOU SPEAK TO WILL NOT ACTUALLY KNOW WHAT THE CAPITAL OF NORTH DAKOTA IS, WE THOUGHT WE WOULD LET YOU KNOW! THE CAPITAL CITY IS BISMARCK, BOASTING A RELATIVELY SMALL POPULATION OF JUST OVER 74,000 PEOPLE, MAKING IT THE SECOND-LARGEST CITY WITHIN THE STATE, WITH FARGO BEING THE LARGEST (125,000+ PEOPLE). 5. NORTH DAKOTA IS ACTUALLY THE LEAST VISITED STATE IN THE WHOLE NATION. HOWEVER, WITH THE STATE’S EVER-GROWING ECONOMY, AND HEALTHY BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT, COUPLED WITH MORE AWARENESS OF THE TRUE BEAUTY OF NORTH DAKOTA, THIS STATISTIC WILL CHANGE OVER TIME. 6. THE MAJORITY OF THE PASTA SOLD IN NORTH AMERICA IS MADE FROM NORTH DAKOTA DURUM WHEAT! 7. WE ARE ALL AWARE THAT SOME STATES HAVE, FOR ONE REASON OR ANOTHER, DECIDED TO KEEP HOLD OF SOME SIMPLY BIZARRE LAWS, AND NORTH DAKOTA IS NO STRANGER TO THIS. HERE ARE SOME EXTREMELY STRANGE CRIMES YOU NEED TO BE CAREFUL OF COMMITTING WHEN VISITING OR IF YOU HAVE RECENTLY RELOCATED TO THE STATE: IT IS ILLEGAL TO DANCE WITH A HAT ON WHEN IN THE CITY OF FARGO. IT IS ILLEGAL TO WEAR A HAT DANCING AT A PARTY WHERE OTHERS ARE DANCING TOO. TAKING A NAP WITH YOUR SHOES STILL ON COULD GET YOU IN SERIOUS TROUBLE IN NORTH DAKOTA AS IT IS TOTALLY ILLEGAL. AFTER 11 PM IT IS ILLEGAL TO SET FIREWORKS OFF AT DEVIL’S LAKE IN NORTH DAKOTA. 8. THE FAMOUS COWBOY SONG, “RED RIVER VALLEY” HAILS FROM NORTH DAKOTA, AND MORE SPECIFICALLY, SHARES ITS NAME WITH THE HUGE VALLEY RUNNING DOWN NORTH DAKOTA’S AND MINNESOTA’S BORDER FROM CANADA. 9. NORTH DAKOTA DOES NOT HAVE ANY TOWNS OR VILLAGES, EACH BUILT-UP LOCATION WITHIN THE STATE IS CONSIDERED A CITY, DESPITE ITS SIZE OR POPULATION. 10. ALTHOUGH KANSAS SPORTS THE NICKNAME, “SUNFLOWER STATE”, THE REAL SUNFLOWER STATE IS NORTH DAKOTA, WITH THE STATE GROWING THE MOST IN THE UNITED STATES.