Sesame Place: Theme park in Langhorne, Pennsylvania.
Splash Lagoon: Indoor waterpark in Erie, Pennsylvania.
Popular Iconic Pennsylvania Foods That Require Clean Water
Pennsylvania is famous for the following foods:
Philly Cheesesteaks
Shoofly Pie
Primanti Brothers
TastyKake
Pretzels
Scrapple
Fun Facts
Pennsylvania is named after William Penn’s father, Admiral William Penn. William Penn was granted the land by British King Charles II. The word “Sylvania” means “land that is full of trees.”
Of the original Thirteen Colonies, Pennsylvania is the only state that does not border the Atlantic Ocean.
Gulf Refining Co. opened America’s first gas station on Baum Blvd., Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, on December 1, 1913.
Kennett Square, Pennsylvania, is the Mushroom Capital of the World as mushroom farming in the region produces over a million pounds of mushrooms a week.
ENIAC, the world’s first all-purpose computer, was built in the University of Pennsylvania and launched on February 15, 1946.
Every year, the Little League World Series is held in South Williamsport. Taiwan has won the most number of championships at 17.
The Moravian Book Shop in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, opened in 1745 and is the oldest continuously operating bookshop in the United States, quite possibly the world.
Pennsylvania Hospital in Philadelphia, founded by Benjamin Franklin and Dr. Thomas Bond on May 11, 1751, is the first hospital in the United States. It is also home to America’s first medical library.
The First stock exchange in the United States was founded in Philadelphia in 1790
The Wharton School of Business of the University of Pennsylvania, established in 1881, is the first business school in the United States.
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