Arizona is 48th State. Arizona's nickname is The Grand Canyon State because that is where it is located. Of the 55 people who have accidentally fallen to their death from the rim of the Canyon, 39 of them were male. There is more than 1 billion years’ worth of rock exposed at the Grand Canyon. There aren’t any dinosaur fossils at the Grand Canyon because the rocks are way older than the dinosaurs. The only fossils you’ll find are things like corals, and sponges. For a few hundred bucks a night you can sleep 22 stories underground in a hotel room of sorts in the Grand Canyon Caverns in Peach Springs. Not for claustrophobic people. In 1956, two planes detoured over the Grand Canyon’s airspace for a better view and ended up colliding directly over the canyon.
Arizona has 13 kinds of rattlesnake, more than any other state. Roughly 150 people are bitten by rattlesnakes every year in Arizona. The most common rattlesnake in the Grand Canyon has an unusual pink hue, that blends in with the rocks. Phoenix is the most populous city in Arizona. Many American presidents have stayed at the Arizona Biltmore Resort and the Spa in Phoenix. In fact, all of the American presidents after Herbert Hoover stayed there except president Obama The last volcanic eruption in Arizona took place sometime around A.D. 1064, and created Sunset Crater near Flagstaff. The films “Casablanca,” “Indiana Jones and the Temple Of Doom,” “Tank Girl,” “Planet of the Apes,” “Natural Born Killers,” “Wayne’s World,” “Raising Arizona,” “Star Wars: A New Hope” and “Return of the Jedi” were filmed all or in part on Arizona soil. In 1973, the bolo tie was designated as Arizona’s official state neckwear. The world’s tallest doll stands in Arizona at 39 feet tall. Arizona is the only state besides Hawaii that does not observe Daylight Savings time. Ashleigh
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