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Bringing you interesting and funny facts about Indiana with the slight chance of Indiana Jones references.

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The first professional baseball game was played in Fort Wayne on May 4, 1871. #Indiana #INFacts


The first theme park ever built was right in Santa Claus, IN, on August 3, 1946. #INFacts #Indiana


Look at that Coca-Cola bottle you’re drinking out of and know that Terre Haute, IN, is responsible for its design. #INFacts #Indiana


October 6, 1866, the “Reno Brothers” robbed a train in Jackson Co., making off with $13,000. It was the first train robbery ever in history


If you like popcorn, know that popcorn mainly comes from Indiana. 90 percent of the world’s popcorn. #INFacts #Indiana


Indianapolis had the pleasure of hosting Elvis Presley’s last concert right in Market Square Arena in 1977. #INFacts #Indiana


Indiana just might be the only state with so many professional baseball teams not in the Major Leagues. There are five of them. #INFacts


You just might be confused in Indiana, as the state’s one of thirteen in the country to be divided by more than one time zone. #INFacts


The Poet Laureate of Indiana, James Whitcomb Riley was born in a two-room log cabin in Greenfield. #INFacts #Indiana


Peru Indiana was once known as the “Circus Capital of America”. #INFacts #Indiana


Thomas Hendricks, a Democrat from Shelbyville, served as Vice President under Grover Cleveland #INFacts #Indiana


In Fort Wayne, Syvanus F. Bower designed the world’s first practical gasoline pump. #INFacts #Indiana


Indiana has had two constitutions, the first in 1816 and the second in 1851. #INFacts #InLegis #Indiana


In the 1700s the first 3 Non-native American settlements in Indiana were the 3 French forts of Ouiatenon, Ft. Miami, and Ft. Vincennes.


The first European known to have visited Indiana was French Explorer Rene’-Robert Cavalier sierur de La Salle, in 1679 #INFacts #Indiana


More than 100 species of trees are native to Indiana. #INFacts #Indiana


True to its motto, “Cross Roads of America” Indiana has more miles of Interstate Highway per square mile than any other state. #INFacts


Many Mennonite and Amish live on the farmland of Northeastern Indiana. One of the United States largest Mennonite congregations is in Bern


Sarah Walker, who called herself Madame J.C. Walker, became one of the nation’s first woman millionaires. #INFacts #Indiana


The movie “Hard Rain” was filmed in Huntingburg, Indiana #INFacts #Indiana


Santa Claus, Indiana receives over one half million letters and requests at Christmas time. #INFacts #Indiana


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