Portal:Pennsylvania/Did you know/18




 * ... that the Photuris pennsylvanica (pictured), a species of lightning bug, is Pennsylvania's state insect?
 * ... that when the namesake of Yardley, Pennsylvania, William Yardley, moved from England to Pennsylvania in 1682, he took with him 40 lb of shoes?
 * ... that the smallest Natural Area in Pennsylvania protects a stand of box huckleberry, but another stand nearby is the oldest plant in the United States?
 * ... that the Pennsylvania Mutiny of 1783 was a primary reason for the creation of a separate federal district to serve as the capital of the United States?
 * ... that Congress Hall in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania served as the capitol building of the United States from 1790 to 1800?