WAYS THAT ALASKA IS THE MOST INTERESTING AND CRAZIEST STATE
Added on: 23rd Aug 2016
DURING WORLD WAR II THE JAPANESE TRIED TO
INVADE ALASKA. MORE AMERICANS DIED
DEFENDING ALASKA THAN HAWAII (PEARL HARBOUR)
THE US BOUGHT ALASKA FROM RUSSIA FOR $7.2
MILLION ($118 MILLION TODAY). THAT IS LESS
THAN WHAT REAL MADRID PAID FOR
CRISTIANO RONALDO
THE 1964 EARTHQUAKE IN ALASKA WAS SO
INTENSE THAT IT AFFECTED WATER WELLS
AS FAR AS SOUTH AFRICA
THERE ARE MORE GLACIERS AND ICE FIELDS IN
ALASKA THAN IN THE REST OF THE INHABITED
WORLD PUT TOGETHER. IN OTHER WORDS, MORE
THAN HALF OF THE HABITABLE WORLD'S GLACIERS
CAN BE FOUND IN ALASKA (THIS OBVIOUSLY
DOESN'T INCLUDE ANTARCTICA)
17 OF THE 20 HIGHEST MOUNTAINS IN THE UNITED
STATES ARE IN ALASKA. THIS INCLUDES DENALI,
THE HIGHEST PEAK IN NORTH AMERICA.
IT IS 20,320FT HIGH (6,194 METRES)
THERE IS ACTUALLY A PIZZA DELIVERY SERVICE
IN ALASKA THAT USES AIRPLANES!
ADAK NATIONAL FOREST IS THE SMALLEST IN NORTH
AMERICA. IT ONLY HAS 33 TREES
THE ALASKAN FLAG WAS DESIGNED BY A 13 YEAR
OLD WHO WON A CONTEST
FOR 15 YEARS, THE TOWN OF TALKEETNA HAD A
CAT AS ITS MAYOR. THE CAT'S NAME WAS STUBBS
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