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	<title>Less Talk, More Do &#187; Wyoming</title>
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		<title>Fun facts about Wyoming</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[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."
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I <a href="http://www.chrisfinke.com/wp-content/plugins/wordpress-feed-statistics/feed-statistics.php?url=aHR0cDovL3d3dy50ZWNoY3J1bmNoLmNvbS8yMDA4LzA4LzEyL2lmLXlvdS1hcmUtYS10ZWNoY3J1bmNoLXJlYWRlci1vdXRzaWRlLW9mLWNhbGlmb3JuaWEtcmFpc2UteW91ci1oYW5kLyNjb21tZW50LTI0MzUwMTE=">dropped some knowledge</a> 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.)</p>
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<li>No state touches more other states than Wyoming.</li>
<li>Wyoming is the #1 exporter of "<a href="http://www.chrisfinke.com/wp-content/plugins/wordpress-feed-statistics/feed-statistics.php?url=aHR0cDovL3d3dy5jYXJpbnN1cmFuY2VyYXRlcy5jb20vc3RhdGVzLzI0Mi1tb250YW5hLWNhci1pbnN1cmFuY2UuaHRtbA==">Montana</a> Sucks" refrigerator magnets.</li>
<li>"Wyoming" is Native American slang for "Almost square."</li>
<li>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.</li>
<li>When you enter Wyoming, you are given a complimentary mug. True story.</li>
<li>Wyoming was originally going to be named West Dakota.</li>
<li>Wyoming is the only state with the constitutional right to egg Colorado.</li>
<li>All of the street signs in Wyoming are printed in both English and American Sign Language.</li>
<li>The second W in WWW actually stands for Wyoming.</li>
<li>The Wyoming governor is legally obligated to pose with you for a picture if you ask politely.</li>
<li>Wyoming residents are known as "Yom-ers."</li>
<li>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.)</li>
<li>The biggest city in Wyoming is smaller than the smallest city in California.</li>
<li>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.</li>
<li>License plates are optional in Wyoming. Trailer hitches, however, are not.</li>
<li>When you fly over Wyoming, you will notice that they have built their highways in an argyle pattern.</li>
<li>Wyoming is tied with New York and New Jersey for most y’s in its name.</li>
<li>The Wyoming Constitution was written in three languages: English, French, and Jive.</li>
<li>Out of all of the states, Wyoming is one of them.</li>
<li>Wyoming has more bronco-related festivals than any other state.</li>
<li>Residents of Wyoming are 14% more likely to have tried beef jerky than the average American.</li>
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<p>What do <i>you</i> know about Wyoming?  Feel free to share in the comments.</p>
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