15 fun facts about michigan.

Michigan is one of the country’s leaders in athletics, academics.Michigan is a state in the Great Lakes region of the Midwestern United States. The name Michigan is the French form of the Ojibwa word mishigamaa, meaning “large water” or “large lake”.

Here are some of the interesting facts you never knew about michigan:

Fact 1-Michigan’s official flag was adopted in 1911.

Fact 2-Detroit is known as the car capital of the world.

 Fact 3-Michigan is nicknamed the “Great Lakes State”, and also the “Wolverine State”, from a nickname earned during the Toledo War.

Fact 4- Michigan has around 150 lighthouses, the most of any U.S. state.

 Fact 5-The Great Lakes account for one-fifth of the world’s surface freshwater supply.

 Fact 6-Michigan ranks first in state boat registrations.

 Fact 7-The largest village in Michigan is Caro.

Fact 8-Michigan forestland covers more than 52 percent of the state at 18.5 million acres.

 Fact 9-Many famous and interesting people grew up in Michigan.

 Fact 10-Michigan State University has the largest single campus student body of any Michigan university.

Fact 11-The painted turtle is Michigan’s state reptile.

Fact 12-Indian River is the home of the largest crucifix in the world. It is called the Cross in the Woods.

 Fact 13-Michigan has more shoreline than any other state except Alaska.

 Fact 14- The largest city is Detroit.

 Fact 15-Anywhere in Michigan, you are within 85 miles of one of the Great Lakes.