Portal:Mississippi/Did you know


 * ...that condensed milk was invented and first canned in Liberty by Gail Borden?
 * ...that the first bottle of Dr. Tichener's Antiseptic was produced in Liberty also?
 * ...that the first female rural mail carrier in the United States was Mrs. Mamie Thomas? She delivered mail by buggy to the area southeast of Vicksburg in 1914.
 * ...that in 1963 the University of Mississippi Medical Center accomplished the world's first human lung transplant and, on January 23, 1964, Dr. James D. Hardy performed the world's first heart transplant surgery?
 * ...that the world's largest cactus plantation is in Edwards?
 * ...that Burnita Shelton Mathews of Hazelhurst was the first woman federal judge in the United States and served in Washington, D.C.?
 * ...that Mississippi was the first state in the nation to have a planned system of junior colleges?
 * ...that David Harrison of Columbus owns the patent on the Soft Toilet Seat? Over 1,000,000 are sold every year.
 * ...that the first football player on a Wheaties box was Walter Payton of Columbia?
 * ...that the Vicksburg National Cemetery is the second largest national cemetery in the country? Arlington National Cemetery is the largest.
 * ...that Pine Sol was invented in 1929 by Jackson native Harry A. Cole, Sr.?
 * ...that root beer was invented in Biloxi in 1898 by Edward Adolf Barq, Sr. and is still sold today as Barq's Root Beer?
 * ...that Natchez was settled by the French in 1716 and is the oldest permanent settlement on the Mississippi River? Natchez once had 500 millionaires, more than any other city except New York City.
 * ...that S.B. Sam Vick of Oakland played for the New York Yankees and the Boston Red Sox? He was the only man ever to pinch hit for Babe Ruth.


 * Source: Rep. Bennie Thompson official U.S. House of Representative web site