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A law in
Washington
states: "It is mandatory for a motorist with criminal intentions to
stop at the city limits and telephone the chief of police as he is
entering the town."
The Lunar Rover, the
vehicle used by astronauts on the moon was made by Boeing based in
Seattle.
Captain George
Vancouver discovered Puget Sound in 1792.
In
Washington
,
you may not buy a mattress on Sunday.
 In
1979, the square dance was designated as the official
Washington
state dance.
Hells Canyon is the
deepest gorge in North America at 5,000 feet deep.
It is illegal to
entice girls away from the Maple Lane School for girls.
La Push is the
western most town in the contiguous United States.
The 5 mile long Emmon
glacier on Mount Rainier is the longest in the continental United
States.
Eighty percent of the
glacial ice in the U.S is found in
Washington
State.
The world's first
expresso cart was established below the Seattle Monorail terminal at
Westlake Center in 1980.
In Seattle it is
illegal to carry a fishbowl or aquarium onto a bus because the sound
of the water sloshing may disturb other passengers.
There are over 40,000
miles of rivers and streams and more than 8,000 lakes in
Washington.
It is against the law
to spit on a bus.
Mount Rainier was first climbed in 1870 by
P.B. VanTrump and General Hazard Stevens.
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