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 Interesting Questions, Facts, and Information
 New Jersey
High Point. There is a famous obelisk at the top of High Point.
Horse. The horse is featured on New Jersey's state seal.
Rutgers University. Rutgers has campuses in Newark, Camden, and New Brunswick.
Cape May. There are 20 buildings to visit and they have two railroads to boot!
cranberries. Massachusetts and Wisconsin are 1st and 2nd!
| Who taught tourists how to tango on Garden Pier before becoming an international celebrity? | New Jersey Shore
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Rudolph Valentino. The Garden Pier is now the site of the Atlantic City Art Center, located on the Boardwalk and Arkansas Ave.
June and July. There are even shark fishing tournaments!
Matawan. It is one of the most visited parks!
island. Technically speaking of course it's an island. It used to be a peninsula before the Point Pleasant canal was dug, linking the Manasquan River with Barnegat Bay!
| On September 8 1934, what liner caught fire off the New Jersey coast on its return leg of a New York to Havana cruise? | New Jersey Shore
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Morro Castle. The blaze took the lives of 134 passengers and crew.
lighthouse. Old Barney was built in 1858 to replace an 1834 lighthouse that toppled during a flood!
folklore. There were all sorts of stories about the Jersey Devil, but one in particular was about his looks. He is said to have the head of a horse, wings of a bat and the body of a dragon!
New Providence. The New Prestige Diner is located on Springfield Ave. in New Providence.
A milkshake with seltzer in place of ice cream.
Newark. Newark has even more car theft then NYC & LA put together!
| NJ has the lowest population density in the U.S. True or False? | Fun NJ Facts!
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f. NJ actually has the highest. The average is approximately 1,030 per square mile. Thirteen times the national average.
Cape May. Cape May is known for its beautiful Victorian homes.
| Which NJ river was the site of the first submarine ride? | Fun NJ Facts!
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Passaic. It was by inventor "John P. Holland".
108. Most of any state in the nation. Wow! That makes me proud to be from NJ!
| Which NJ city's streets can be found on the "Monopoly" game? | Fun NJ Facts!
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Atlantic City. Atlantic City is also home of the "Miss America Pageant".
t. Sad, but true. It is home of over 5,400 spoons from all over the world.
| Which NJ town is home of the first drive-in movie theatre? | Fun NJ Facts!
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Camden. Too bad most drive-in movie theatres closed down.
| Atlantic City has the second largest boardwalk in the world. True or False? | Fun NJ Facts!
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f. It is the longest. Six miles long!
honey bee. Also know as apis mellifera.
| NJ has the most shopping malls in one area.True or False? | Fun NJ Facts!
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t. NJ has seven major malls in a 25 square mile radius.
| When the Cloisters museum was built in New York City, John D. Rockefeller Jr. also purchased land on the New Jersey side of the Hudson River. Why? | Bergen County, New Jersey
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To keep the wooded view from the medieval museum undisturbed.. Rockefeller wanted to assure that visitors would always be able to enjoy the quiet of the beautiful Cloisters both inside and out. With the Hudson River waterfront quickly developing, he bought a portion of the Palisades and donated it to the state as parkland.
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