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Florida Trivia
20/12/2004
Manatee County, which is located in south – west Florida is named after the slow moving gentle marine mammal, once thought by sailors to be mermaids
Ray Charles the famous rhythm & blues singer began his career playing in Florida. He later received an honorary music degree from the University of Florida
The only place in the world where alligators & crocodiles co-exist is in the Florida Everglades
More than 150 life size dinosaurs are in Plant City – They live at Dinosaur World, an outdoor dinosaur museum!
The largest building in the world in terms of volume is the Kennedy Space Centre’s vehicle assembly building with a ceiling height of 525 ft. It is so high; rain clouds can form inside the structure!
In Fort Myers Henry Ford & Thomas Edison spent their winters as neighbours and both homes are now listed historic buildings
The only house known to exist, which a former slave owned is in Tallahassee & is the John G Riley house
One of the 10 best beaches in the world for shelling is Sanibel Island with more than 400 species
Florida continues to attract film makers & recently the following movies have been filmed; 2 Fast 2 Furious – Sweet Home Alabama- Out of Time – Adaptation - & The PunisherBack to News.