| 1. |
New
Jersey is a peninsula. |
| 2. |
New
Jersey has the highest population density in the United States. |
| 3. |
Highland,
New Jersey has the highest elevation along the entire eastern
seaboard. |
| 4. |
New
Jersey has more race horses than Kentucky. |
| 5. |
New
Jersey has the most dense system of highways and railroad in the
United States. |
| 6. |
New
Jersey has the most diners in the world and is sometimes referred
to as the diner capital of the world. |
| 7. |
North
Jersey has the most shopping malls in one area in the world with
seven major shopping malls in a 25 square-mile radius. |
| 8. |
New
Jersey is home to the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island. |
| 9. |
New
Jersey has over 50 resort cities and towns, some of the nations
most famous, Asbury Park, Wildwood, Atlantic City, Seaside Heights
and Cape May. |
| 10. |
New
Jersey is the largest chemical producing state in the nation. |
| 11. |
The
first boardwalk in the world was built in 1870 at Atlantic City. |
| 12. |
Thomas
Edison invented the light bulb, record player, and motion picture
projector in Menlo Park. |
| 13. |
New
Jersey is home to the Miss America pageant in Atlantic City. |
| 14. |
The
first Indian reservation was in New Jersey. |
| 15. |
2/3
of the world's eggplants are grown in New Jersey. |
| 16. |
The
first baseball game was played in Hoboken. |
| 17.
|
The
first Drive-in Movie theater was opened in Camden. |
| 18. |
New
Jersey is home to both New York's football teams. |
| 19.
|
New
Jersey has 11 state forests. |
| 20. |
Jersey
tomatoes are known throughout the world as the best you can buy. |
| 21. |
Monopoly
named the streets on their playing board after the actual streets
in Atlantic City. |
| 22. |
New
Jersey is one of only two states (the other is Oregon) where you
don't have to pump your own gas. |
| 23. |
The
first professional basketball games took place in 1896 in New
Jersey |
| 24. |
The
first football game played by college teams was Priceton versus
Rutgers in 1869. |
| 25. |
The
first movie studio in the world was in West Orange in 1893. |
| 26. |
The
first dinosaur skeleton discovered in North America was found
in Haddonfield, New Jersey in 1858. |
| 27. |
About
1/6 of all drugs manufactured in the United States come from New
Jersey. |
| 28. |
New
Jersey has more than 800 lakes and ponds. |
| 29. |
New
Jersey has 20 four year colleges. |
| 30. |
18%
of New Jersey is farmland. |
