Good Wednesday afternoon dear friend. Today we are going to learn the weird and true facts about the great state of Indiana. 1). The state insect is the firefly, and the state fossil is the mastodon, but Indiana has no state fish or mammal. 2). There are more than 100 wineries in Indiana. When people think of Indiana, usually the first thing they think of is something like "corn", but maybe it should be "wine". 3). Indiana is where Santa Claus is. No, seriously. The town of Santa Claus, Indiana, is a delightfully fun little town where it's Christmas year-round. It is quite literally someone's job in Santa Claus to answer letters sent to the man himself from children all over the nation. The North Pole is out, the Midwest is in. 4). There are catacombs beneath City Market in Indy. Yes, there are indeed literal underground catacombs in Indiana, though thankfully these are not filled top-to-bottom with bodies. In this case, the catacombs (located underneath City Market in Indianapolis) used to be utilized to transport goods and inventory from place to place, but now they're quiet - except for in October when City Market offers tours of the catacombs. 5). The first train robbery in US history happened in Indiana. On October 6th, 1866, brothers John and Simeon Reno planned and pulled off the first train robbery in United States history in Jackson County, Indiana. They made off with $13,000, which would be about $242,664.21 these days. 6). We can thank Indiana for things like rear-view mirrors and sliced bacon. When you read my posts you know me as MOHLovesAlaska, that could very easily change to MOHLovesIndiana because of sliced BACON. (Source comes from Fun Facts About Indiana That Sound Weird But Are 100% True Have a blessed day friend. Take care and GOD bless.
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