1. Sooners can get fined for making disturbing faces in a dogs direction.
2. In Oklahoma, there are laws that prevent someone from walking up and eating part of your burger while you aren’t looking. Best. Law. Ever.
3. Despite being landlocked, whaling is illegal in Oklahoma.
4. In tulsa, Oklahoma, residents cannot bring their elephants into the downtown area.
5. In Oklahoma, it is illegal for a bar owner to let a patron get frisky… with a buffalo.
6. In Oklahoma city, it’s illegal to own a stink bomb.
7. In Oklahoma, females can’t cut their own hair without a license from the state.
8. Tattoos were technically illegal in Oklahoma until 2006.
9. There’s a law in Clinton, Okla. that prevents people from molesting their automobiles.
10. While your burger protected from strangers in Oklahoma, it’s illegal to walk backwards in Oklahoma city and eat it at the same time.
11. A 16 year-old girl in Chickasha survived a 3,500 foot drop during a failed skydive.
12. Oklahoma has more major tornadoes per square mile than any other state.
13. Contrary to common misconceptions there is plenty of water in Oklahoma. The state has more than one million surface acres of water and more man-made lakes than anywhere else in the country with around 200.
14. It’s illegal to promote bear wrestling in Oklahoma. Also super uncool.
15. It’s still illegal to have premarital sex in Oklahoma.
16. A resident of ardmore created the first shopping cart in 1936.
17. At 318 miles per hour, Moore, Okla. saw the world’s fastest wind speed ever recorded in 1999.
18. Oklahoma City is the same distance from new york and los angeles, 500 miles from each. What?!
19. the term “Sooners” comes from the land rush of 1889 when certain people rushed onto the land sooner than others to claim land.
20. Home improvement stores in Oklahoma often make sales to gold miners, who purchase their sand to sift for gold.
21. With all of the man-made lakes, there is more shoreline in Oklahoma than on the gulf and atlantic coasts combined, with over 55,000 miles of shoreline.
22. Oklahoma has a lot of towns that share the same name as other famous american towns. For example, Cleveland, Orlando, Miami, Pittsburgh, Chattanooga, Peoria, Burbank, and Fargo are all towns in Oklahoma.
23. Oklahoma also has a lot of towns with bizarre names including Hooker, Big Tussie, Slapout, Cookietown, and Bushyhead.
24. Beaver, Okla. is the cow chip throwing capital of the world.
25. Oklahoma has more female criminals that are incarcerated than any other state.
26. We can thank Tusla for the popular ’90s song “MMMBop,” the town the group Hanson hails from.
27. Durant, Okla. Is the home to the world’s largest peanut.
28. In dinosaur times, Oklahoma was on the equator line making it an extremely hot and dry state.
29. More languages can be heard in Oklahoma than in all of Europe.
30. The world’s largest totem pole is in Foyil, Okla. At 60 feet tall and at some points 30 feet around.
31. The largest McDonald’s in the world is in Vinita, Okla.
32. Oklahoma consumes the sixth least alcohol in america, with an average of 28.9 gallons of alcohol consumed each year.
33. “American Idol” winner, Carrie Underwood, once called Muskogee her home.
34. Cimarron County, Okla. Is the only county in america that touches more than three states. It touches colorado, New Mexico, Texas, and Kansas.
35. Known now for his crazy antics, Gary Busey spent his teenage years in Tulsa, Okla.
36. If you want to eat Oklahoma’s official state meal, you’d have to hunt down chicken fried steak, fried okra, squash, cornbread, barbecue pork, biscuits, sausage with gravy, corn, grits, black eyed peas, and strawberries, finished off with a slice of pecan pie.
37. Tulsa, Okla. Is the most budget-friendly metropolitan area in America.
38. Known for movies like “Fight Club” and “Ocean’s Eleven,” Brad Pitt was born in Shawnee, Okla.
39. Braum’s Dairy produces more than 1 million glasses of milk per day.
40. Thank Girl Scouts in Muskogee for the Girl Scout cookies currently living in your freezer. They sold their first batch as part of a service project and the trend caught on.
41. Oklahoma ranked second among the states for most earthquakes last year, recording 99 earthquakes with a 3.0+ magnitude. So quit bragging, California.
42. Now in childhood ruining news: Towel capes are illegal for children to don in Bromide, Okla.
43. Sonic drive-in was founded in Oklahoma and now has over 3,500 locations in 43 states.
44. Boise City, Okla. was accidentally bombed by U.S. Military pilots during a test run when they mistook the city’s lights for their target. Oops. Fortunately, no one died.
45. The electric guitar was invented by Bob Dunn from Beggs, Okla.
46. Thank Oklahoma City for the invention of the parking meter, which was unveiled in 1935 to keep drivers from hogging the best spots downtown.
47. A recent survey looked at which word each state googled more than any other state. Oklahoma’s word was “Benghazi.”
48. There’s a rumor floating around Oklahoma that it is the birthplace of more astronauts than any other state. In reality, only five astronauts have been born in Oklahoma putting them behind 21 other states.
49. The name “Oklahoma” is made up of two Chocktaw words, “okla” and “humma.” It translates to “red people.”
50. Two proposed names for Oklahoma were Indiahoma and Indianola.
51. Asides from English and Spanish, Vietnamese is the most common language spoken in Oklahoma.
52. Some believe that the first game of golf was played in 1900 at the Guthrie Country Club while Oklahoma was still a territory.
53. The original Oklahoma flag was red, but was changed as the fear of Communism grew in America.
54. Only 500 fans could fit in the first Oklahoma university football stands.
55. Roughly 25 of Oklahoman drivers are uninsured making it a pretty risky place to drive.
56. Even though Oklahoma is one of the youngest states, the 46th to join the union in 1907, a lot of awesome stuff has happened there making it one of the most interesting states in America.
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