• Maine produces 98 percent of the nation’s low-bush blueberries.

• It leads the world in production of the flat tins used for sardines, producing more than 75 million annually.

• It has 6,000 lakes and ponds, 5,100 rivers and streams, more than 6,000 lighthouses and eight covered bridges.

• It was the 23rd state.

• For its size, it is the most sparsely populated state east of the Mississippi.

• The “State of Maine Song” contains 46 words, four commas and three exclamation points.

• It is the only state in the United States whose name has one syllable.

• It was home to the first sawmill (1683) and the first veterans hospital (1866) in the United States.

• There is evidence that Native Americans have been living in Maine for more than 2,000 years.

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