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re: Share some strange history about your state
Posted on 1/11/26 at 1:23 pm to OU Guy
Posted on 1/11/26 at 1:23 pm to OU Guy
Baton Rouge was the site of the only American Revolution battle fought outside the original 13 colonies. Only state to enter the union with a non-English speaking majority.
Louisiana consistently ranks #1 in players in the NFL per capita.
Louisiana consistently ranks #1 in players in the NFL per capita.
This post was edited on 1/11/26 at 1:26 pm
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Posted on 1/11/26 at 3:40 pm to cypresstiger
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Kentucky still has an active law on the books from the 1800s that you cannot carry an ice cream cone in your pocket.
I’d had a history professor explain this. It had to do with stealing horses. Thieves found a loophole to the law where they would put ice cream in their pockets and stand close enough to the horse so it could get a taste. Then they’d walk away letting the horse follow after the sweet snack in the thief’s pocket. Since they never laid hands on the horse there was no way to convict them of theft. Their defense was the animal wandered away on its own free will.
Posted on 1/11/26 at 3:45 pm to OU Guy
Im from Nevada but I love that someone ran for office in Louisiana as Super Ni**er. That is peak level trolling
Posted on 1/11/26 at 3:49 pm to OU Guy
You can still legally beat your wife on statehouse grounds but only on Sunday.
Posted on 1/11/26 at 3:51 pm to KosmoCramer
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Ohio and Michigan got in a "war" over the northwestern portion of Ohio that includes Toledo. Ohio eventually got the land and Michigan got the UP.
Easily one of the best and most improbable stories in US history.
Posted on 1/11/26 at 5:09 pm to Centinel
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Idaho strapped parachutes to beavers and chucked them out of airplanes to relocate them.
It doesn’t work. Basically just chumming the predator population.
Here is really interesting podcast regarding re-establishing the beaver population to improve ranching operations, water management, and fish habitat:
Art of Range Podcast - rancher restores stock water with beavers
Posted on 1/11/26 at 5:40 pm to Dupree for 3
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How old are you? Only asking because if you remember watching Herman play at lsu, this was brought up almost every five minute on the TV broadcast.
my first thought was that they have to be a young person because anyone who watched LSU football in the early 2010s would know this fact.
it really was non stop that they brought this fact up.
Posted on 1/11/26 at 7:52 pm to OU Guy
West Florida Republic
The Republic of West Florida, officially the State of Florida, was a short-lived unrecognized republic in the western region of Spanish West Florida for just over 2+1/2 months during 1810. In December, 1810, the United States occupied and annexed the Republic of West Florida. The governor of Orleans Territory designated the land comprising it as the County of Feliciana. The land was added to Louisiana on August 4, 1812, following an act of Congress passed earlier that year. In 1990, the region that was previously the Republic of West Florida was officially recognized as a historical region of the U.S., the "Republic of West Florida Historic Region", commonly referred to as the Florida Parishes
The Republic of West Florida, officially the State of Florida, was a short-lived unrecognized republic in the western region of Spanish West Florida for just over 2+1/2 months during 1810. In December, 1810, the United States occupied and annexed the Republic of West Florida. The governor of Orleans Territory designated the land comprising it as the County of Feliciana. The land was added to Louisiana on August 4, 1812, following an act of Congress passed earlier that year. In 1990, the region that was previously the Republic of West Florida was officially recognized as a historical region of the U.S., the "Republic of West Florida Historic Region", commonly referred to as the Florida Parishes
Posted on 1/11/26 at 7:57 pm to Snoop Dawg
Eh, except it did actually work.
I mean the article you linked isn't wrong (and has been replicated in many other places and states), but the relocation did in fact work for what it was intended to do.
I mean the article you linked isn't wrong (and has been replicated in many other places and states), but the relocation did in fact work for what it was intended to do.
Posted on 1/11/26 at 8:05 pm to OU Guy
The UIAA (International Climbing and Mountaineering Federation) has determined that only one Mountain in the US is in their Top 25 List of Most Dangerous Ascents-
You guessed it-
You guessed it-
Posted on 1/11/26 at 8:09 pm to soccerfüt
I have questions... 
Posted on 1/11/26 at 8:26 pm to Rex Feral
quote:Correct. The ice cream cone law was implemented in order to combat horse thieves.
I’d had a history professor explain this. It had to do with stealing horses. Thieves found a loophole to the law where they would put ice cream in their pockets and stand close enough to the horse so it could get a taste. Then they’d walk away letting the horse follow after the sweet snack in the thief’s pocket. Since they never laid hands on the horse there was no way to convict them of theft. Their defense was the animal wandered away on its own free will.
It's on the books (or maybe not anymore, it could have been repealed....don't know) only here in Lexington, not statewide.
I suppose the most obvious interesting Kentucky historical facts would be that both Abraham Lincoln and Jefferson Davis were born in Kentucky, and that Kentucky had a Union capitol in Frankfort and Confederate capitol in Bowling Green.....the only state to have such a distinction.
You can't really get any more "border state" or "brother v brother" than Kentucky when it comes to the Civil War.
Edit: Marry Todd Lincoln is from Lexington. Jefferson Davis went to college at Transyvania University here in Lexington. Henry Clay is from Lexington as well.
This post was edited on 1/12/26 at 5:59 am
Posted on 1/11/26 at 8:29 pm to OU Guy
From 1897 to 1917 prostitution was legal in New Orleans
Posted on 1/11/26 at 11:53 pm to TheArrogantCorndog
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Ada Leboeuf was the first white woman condemned to death in the state of Louisiana. (Under HP Long) 1929 My great uncle was her coconspirator and was released in 1941
My great grandfather was on the jury that convicted her and the Doc.
Posted on 1/12/26 at 5:45 am to OU Guy
We nearly got into another military conflict with the UK in 1859 because a pig got shot by a farmer for eating his potatoes on San Juan Island here in WA.
Pig War (wiki)
During WWII, Boeing created a fake town to cover up their bomber factory.
Pig War (wiki)
During WWII, Boeing created a fake town to cover up their bomber factory.
Posted on 1/12/26 at 5:48 am to OU Guy
Florida
Zero protestors are trying to block cars so far
Historical
Zero protestors are trying to block cars so far
Historical
Posted on 1/12/26 at 5:52 am to olemc999
According to what I just read, he had made his way to Montgomery, AL where he threatened to kill the sheriff. The sheriff then preceded to put two slugs in him with a shotgun and that was the end of ole Billy Cotrell.
Posted on 1/12/26 at 6:27 am to olehickory1767
In 1954, the only known meteorite to strike a person occurred in Sylacauga, Al. Ann Hodges was laying on her sofa when the meteorite crashed through the roof of her house, bounced off a few things and hit her leg. She survived.
Posted on 1/12/26 at 6:53 am to Texas ellessu
Correct. He had been indicted in I think it was 1984 but beat those charges. He was convicted along with his son later, making him ineligible for state elected office. He ran for U.S. Congress after his release and lost.
One radio station put out a song called “Edwin Edwards “ to the tune of “Amadeus.”
One radio station put out a song called “Edwin Edwards “ to the tune of “Amadeus.”
Posted on 1/12/26 at 8:35 am to OU Guy
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Share some strange history about your state
The original Georgia charter outlawed lawyers, slaves, and gambling. If we would have only stuck with it we would be sooooooo much better off today.
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