- First satellite
communications system (Tellstar) & electronic
telephone-switching system: Developed in the 1960s at Bell Labs
in NJ
- Krueger Brewing
in Newark was the launching site for canned beer in 1933
- The first filly to win the
Kentucky derby was born in Lincroft, NJ on Brookdale Farm
- New Jersey
is a peninsula.
- Highlands, New Jersey has
the highest elevation along the entire eastern seaboard, from
Maine to Florida.
- New Jersey is the only
state where all of its counties are classified as metropolitan
areas.
- New Jersey has more race
horses than Kentucky.
- New Jersey has more
Cubans in Union City (1 sq mi.) than Havana, Cuba.
- New Jersey has the
densest system of highways and railroads in the US .
- New Jersey has the
highest cost of living.
- New Jersey has the
highest cost of auto insurance.
- New Jersey has the
highest property taxes in the nation.
- New Jersey has the most
diners in the world and is sometimes referred to as the "Diner
Capital of the World."
- New Jersey is home to the
original Mystery Pork Parts Club (no, not Spam): Taylor Ham or
Pork Roll.
- Home to the less
mysterious but the best Italian hot dogs and Italian sausage
w/peppers and onions.
- North Jersey has the most
shopping malls in one area in the world, with seven major shopping
malls in a 25 square mile radius.
- New Jersey is home to the
Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island.
- The Passaic River was the
site of the first submarine ride by inventor John P. Holland.
- New Jersey has 50+ resort
cities & towns; some of the nation's most famous: Asbury Park,
Wildwood, Atlantic City, Seaside Heights, Long Branch, Cape May.
- New Jersey has the most
stringent testing along our coastline for water quality control
than any other seaboard state in the entire country.
- New Jersey is a leading
technology & industrial state and is the largest chemical
producing state in the nation when you include pharmaceuticals.
- Jersey tomatoes are known
the world over as being the best you can buy.
- New Jersey is the world
leader in blueberry and cranberry production
- In 1642, the first
brewery in America opened in Hoboken.
- The famous Les Paul
invented the first solid body electric guitar in Mahwah, in 1940.
- New Jersey is a major
seaport state with the largest seaport in the US, located in
Elizabeth. Nearly 80 percent of what our nation imports comes
through Elizabeth Seaport first.
- New Jersey is home to one
of the nation's busiest airports (in Newark), Liberty
International.
- Several important
Revolutionary War battles were fought on New Jersey soil, led by
General George Washington.
- The light bulb,
phonograph (record player), and motion picture projector, were
invented by Thomas Edison in his Menlo Park, NJ laboratory.
- We also boast the first
town ever lit by incandescent bulbs.
- The first seaplane was
built in Keyport, NJ.
- The first airmail (to
Chicago) was started from Keyport, NJ.
- The first phonograph
records were made in Camden, NJ
- New Jersey was home to
the first Miss America Pageant held in Atlantic City.
- The game Monopoly, played
all over the world, named the streets on its playing board after
the actual streets in Atlantic City.
- And, Atlantic City has
the longest boardwalk in the world, not to mention salt water
taffy.
- New Jersey has the
largest petroleum containment area outside of the Middle East
countries.
- The first Indian
reservation was in New Jersey, in the Watchung Mountains.
- New Jersey has the
tallest water tower in the world. (Union, NJ!!!)
- New Jersey had the first
medical center, in Jersey City
- The Pulaski Skyway, from
Jersey City to Newark, was the first skyway highway.
- NJ built the first tunnel
under a river, the Hudson (Holland Tunnel).
- The first baseball game
was played in Hoboken, NJ
- The first intercollegiate
football game was played in New Brunswick in 1889 (Rutgers College
played Princeton).
- The first drive-in movie
theater was opened in Camden, NJ (but they're all gone now!)
- New Jersey is home to
both of "NEW YORK'S" pro football teams!
- The first radio station
and broadcast was in Paterson, NJ.
- The first FM radio
broadcast was made from Alpine, NJ, by Maj. Thomas Armstrong.
- New Jersey's
name originates from the Isle of Jersey in the English Channel.
The Isle of Jersey was named after Julius Caesar.
- Princeton and
Trenton were each the capital of the United States for a short
period of time.
- 24 of the 27
acres that make up Ellis Island are in New Jersey.
- Two-thirds of
the 12 million immigrants that passed through Ellis Island and
gained admission into the U.S. took the ferry to different places
in New Jersey. The remaining third took a ferry to lower
Manhattan.
- The ice cream
cone was invented in 1896 by Italo Marcioni in New Jersey.
- The first
intercollegiate football game in U.S. history: Rutgers vs.
Princeton, at College field in New Brunswick, NJ. Final
Score: Rutgers - 6; Princeton - 4.
- The Statue of Liberty is located
in New Jersey.
- 23% of NJ is preserved as open
space.
- NJ is the birthplace of the only
U.S. President to serve two non-consecutive four year terms
(Grover Clevland).
- NJ is the home of the C.A.
Nothnagle House, the oldest log cabin home in the western
hemisphere.
- Two U.S. Presidents served as
President of Princeton University (James Madison and Woodrow
Wilson).
- Hoboken has the most bars per
square in the entire U.S. (140 active liquor licenses, which
includes bars, restaurants, liquor stores and private clubs).
- The first milking machine was
invented by Walker Gordon Farms in Plainsboro, NJ. This
machine revolutionized the milk industry.
- Elsie the cow and her husband Elmer
(inspiration for the Elmer's glue brand) are actual cows from
Plainsboro, NJ.
- NJ is home to 2 of the top domestic professional cycling teams
(the Colavita Team and the Navigators team), both of which will
compete in the 2007 Tour de France.
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