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 * ...that The Fair, which is held in Miami-Dade County, Miami is one of the largest annual family attractions within the county?
 * ...that Gata Salvaje, a telenovela which began broadcasting in May 2002 marked a milestone in Spanish history, as it was the first telenovela ever to be filmed in the United States and later released in Mexico?
 * ...that the setting for manga and anime series Miami Guns is based largely off Miami, excluding a few locale changes?


 * ...that after the Civil War, Alabama rejected an offer to buy the Florida panhandle for a million dollars?
 * ...that St. Augustine, founded in 1565, is the longest continually occupied European settlement in the contiguous United States?
 * ...that when Florida was declared as an official state in 1845, its population was only 57,921?


 * ...that the Florida Lottery is one of the most lucrative single-state lottery systems in the United States with numerous On-line and Scratch-Off games offering players a wide variety of prize levels.
 * ...that as of the 2000 Census, the population of Orange County, California is 2,846,289, thus making it the second most populous county in the state of California?
 * ...that the role of Secretary of State of Florida as a constitutional officer of the state government, was established by the 1838 state constitution?


 * ...that the Cross Florida Barge Canal was a canal project intended to connect the Gulf of Mexico and the Atlantic Ocean across Florida for barge traffic, but the project was cancelled after the build, namely due to environmental concerns?
 * ...that the historic train depot Old Atlantic Coast Line Union Depot is still used by Amtrak and Sunset Limited?
 * ...that the New River Tunnel is one of three underwater road tunnels in Florida that replaced the Federal Aid Highway Bridge?


 * ...that Osceola Parkway, a twelve mile long toll road name was originally intended to be signed as "State Road 424", but it was changed, and the road is now known as "County Road 522"?
 * ...that Paul America, a former American film actor, was killed by a car in Ormond Beach, Florida when walking home from a dental appointment?
 * ...that the Moores Creek Bridge in St. Lucie County, Florida was constructed in 1925 to connect a residential section of Fort Pierce to the downtown and waterfront districts?


 * ...that Paynes Prairie, a Florida Stake Park, encompasses 21,000 acres (85 km2) of savanna south of Gainesville, Florida?
 * ...that the Bugaboo scrub fire is the largest fire to have raged in the history of both Georgia and Florida?
 * ...that the Melbourne Bone Bed, a paleontological site located at Crane Creek in Melbourne, Florida, contains fossils from 20,000 to 10,000 years before present in the Pleistocene period?


 * ...that the Tiger Bay Club, a political club in Florida was started by Dan Cunningham in 1971 after a meeting with Reubin O'Donovan Askew?
 * ...that the Four Seasons Hotel Miami, a Four Seasons Hotel in Miami is the tallest building in the city, standing at 240 metres?
 * ...that Jacksonville Public Library is one of the largest library systems in the state, with a collection of nearly three million items?


 * ...that the Hillsboro Inlet Light was constructed after the United States Lighthouse Establishment persuaded Congress to authorize the construction of a lighthouse in the dark area between Jupiter Inlet Light and Fowey Rocks Light?
 * ...that Dueling Dragons, a pair of dueling roller coasters at Universal Studios' Islands of Adventure is the only dueling inverted roller coaster in the world?
 * ...that the St. George Island Bridge provides the only road access to St. George Island?