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Many people think that Michigan is just a state that boarders Canada, but the state has had some very interesting history. Here are 10 fun facts about the state of Michigan!

1. Michigan is home to the first ever floating post office in the entire world. J.W. Wescott II Postal Office brings mail to ships that are still moving.

2. The first soda that has ever been made was invented by accident in Detroit, Michigan. The name of the soda pop was Vernor’s Ginger Ale.

3. Henry Ford lived in Michigan in 1893, eventually creating the Ford company in 1903.I was looking for more information and found it here. This gained Detroit the name of “The Motor City” and is the car capital of the world.

4. Michigan’s Great Lakes are labeled as one-fifth of the worlds fresh water.

5. One of the largest suspension bridges in the world is in the state of Michigan. The Mackinac Bridge spans five miles across the Straits of Mackinac. This bridge was opened in 1957 after 3 years of construction.

6. Dry cereal was created in Michigan making the state the cereal capital of the world. The Kellogg brothers were the first people to make flaked cereal by accident. After they discovered cereal they created the Kellogg cereal company.

7. Michigan was owned by 4 different countries in its history. The flags that the state had represented in the past were the French, English, Spanish, and currently the U.S. flag.

8. Michigan was the first state to be given telephone numbers after the telephone was released to the public.

9. Leonardo da Vinci’s famous 24-foot long horse sculpture titled Il Gavallo is located in Michigan, and is the largest equestrian sculpture in the entire Western Hemisphere.

10. Michigan was once known as the “Wolverine State” although there are no longer any wolverines located within the state.