I dropped some knowledge on the Techcrunch audience today by listing these interesting facts about Wyoming in the comments of a post about regional searching habits: (These are all completely true.)

• No state touches more other states than Wyoming.
• Wyoming is the #1 exporter of "Montana Sucks" refrigerator magnets.
• "Wyoming" is Native American slang for "Almost square."
• You can buy Wyoming-shaped cookie cutters in almost any cooking store. It is the most popular state shape for cookie cutters, second only to West Virginia.
• When you enter Wyoming, you are given a complimentary mug. True story.
• Wyoming was originally going to be named West Dakota.
• Wyoming is the only state with the constitutional right to egg Colorado.
• All of the street signs in Wyoming are printed in both English and American Sign Language.
• The second W in WWW actually stands for Wyoming.
• The Wyoming governor is legally obligated to pose with you for a picture if you ask politely.
• Wyoming residents are known as "Yom-ers."
• Wyoming was briefly owned by Canada for a time in 1973 during the ill fated "Foreign-Exchange Territory" program. (We traded it for the Yukon.)
• The biggest city in Wyoming is smaller than the smallest city in California.
• Yellowstone National Park was originally contained entirely in Wyoming. The reason it now lies partially in Montana and Idaho is because it is slowly trying to escape.
• License plates are optional in Wyoming. Trailer hitches, however, are not.
• When you fly over Wyoming, you will notice that they have built their highways in an argyle pattern.
• Wyoming is tied with New York and New Jersey for most y’s in its name.
• The Wyoming Constitution was written in three languages: English, French, and Jive.
• Out of all of the states, Wyoming is one of them.
• Wyoming has more bronco-related festivals than any other state.
• Residents of Wyoming are 14% more likely to have tried beef jerky than the average American.

What do you know about Wyoming? Feel free to share in the comments.

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