- Are you a Virginian?
Here are a bunch of Virginia fun facts like all the famous people that come from the state! Do you know who was born in Virginia?
- There was a mass escape by prisoners of death row in 1984. Six inmates managed to escape, though all six of them were eventually caught or turned themselves in.
- Pocahontas was taken to London in 1616 and presented as a civilized savage. This is not the best of the Virginia fun facts.
- Athletes and Olympians from Virginia include Pernell Whitaker and Norvel Lee, gymnast Gabrielle Douglas, taekwondo martial artist Terrence Jennings,
baseballers Justin Verlander and David Wright, and basketballer Moses Malone. - National Virginia Day is every year on September 14th.
- People from Virginia are called Virginians.
- The lowest temperature in Virginia was -30°F, recorded in Mountain Lake on January 22, 1985.
- Famous people from Virginia are Sandra Bullock, Ariel Winter, Shirley MacLaine, Camila Mendes, Chris Pratt, Rob Lowe, and Jason Sudeikis.
- Parts of Virginia were under the sea millions of years ago.
- People claim that Brusnwick stew was invented in the county but Brunswick Georgia also claims that it was invented there. Do you think this is one of the true Virginia fun facts?
- Compared to countries, the state of Virginia is between Cuba and Bulgaria.
- More battles were fought in the civil war on Virginia soil than any other state in the country.
- Eight of our presidents were born in Virginia including James Monroe, John Tyler, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, Woodrow Wilson, Zachary Taylor, William Harrison, and George Washington.
- Milk is the official beverage of Virginia. (21 other states have milk as
their official beverage as well!) Did you know this as one of the Virginia fun facts? - There are six wives of presidents that were born in Virginia including Edith Wilson, Martha Jefferson, Letitia Tyler, Ellen Arthur, Martha Washington, and Rachel Jackson.
- Virginia has 41 state parks.
- Before the war, Virginia had more slaves than any other state.
- The flag for the state has a deep blue background with the state’s coat of arms in a white circle.
- The highest temperature in Virginia was 115°F in Balcony Falls, July 15th, 1954.
- Anthony Robinson was arrested after suspicion that he was linked to the killings of the “shopping cart killer,” that murdered at least five women.
- Strange laws still exist in writing for the state of Virginia like laws against tickling a woman and hunting on a Sunday. Did you know this as one of the Virginia fun facts?
- “Virginia is for Lovers has been used as a tourism slogan since 1969. It’s known as “one of the most iconic ad campaigns of the last 50 years.”
- More people work in the federal government than any other industry in Virginia or about one out of every five workers.
- Some famous musicians from Virginia include Ella Fitzgerald, Missy Elliot,
Jason Mraz, Patsy Cline, Neko Case, and Gwar. - Virginia is considered the oyster capital of the east coast, producing more than 40 million oysters per year.
- Virginia has 8.6 million residents, making it the 12th most populous state.
- Charles Brown Fleet of Lynchburg Virginia invented Chapstick in the early 1880s.
- Virginia each is the largest city in Virginia by population.
- Virginia became the 23rd state to stop executions on February 22nd, 2021.
- The first major cash crop of the state was tobacco.
- There are 123 national historic landmarks in Virginia. This is one of the best Virginia fun facts?
- Novelists, historians, political columnists and Pulitzer Prize winners from Virginia include Willa Cather, Russell Baker, David Baldacci, David J. Mays, Edgar Allan Poe, Ann Spencer, and Tom Wolfe.
- The state nickname is “old Dominion” and it refers to Virginia being the oldest and first oversea dominion of England.
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