15 Interesting facts about Pennsylvania.

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

Fact 1-In 1946 Philadelphia became home to the first computer.

Fact 2-Pennsylvania’s Coat of Arms is probably the state’s most familiar symbol.

Fact 3-Betsy Ross made the first American flag in Philadelphia.

Fact 4- Philadelphia was the seat of the federal government almost continuously from 1776 to 1800

Fact 5-Stewartstown hired its first police officer in 1876. He was also the town lamp lighter.

Fact 6-Benjamin Franklin founded the Philadelphia Zoo, the first public zoo in the United States.

Fact 7-The nation’s first circulating library, the Library Company of Philadelphia, was founded in 1731 by Benjamin Franklin and others.

Fact 8-The earliest successful experiment of Thomas A. Edison with electric lighting was made in Sunbury.

Fact 9-Indiana County is the Christmas Tree capital of the world.

Fact 10-Pennsylvania is the 33rd most extensive, the 6th most populous, and the 9th most densely populated of the 50 United States.

Fact 11-Pennsylvania’s diverse topography also produces a variety of climates, though the entire state experiences cold winters and humid summers.

Fact 12-Pennsylvania became the second state to ratify the U.S. Constitution on December 12, 1787

Fact 13-Pennsylvania accounts for nine percent of wooded areas in the United States.

Fact 14- In 1799, the General Assembly authorized the official Pennsylvania State Flag

Fact 15-The official state song of the Commonwealth was written and composed by Eddie Khoury and Ronnie Bonner and is the official song for all public purposes.