Posted on 28 January 2007 by Delores Grunion
- The Rorschach Pop-Up Book
- St. Mertel’s nuclear-powered wind mill.
- Native Tim Wright was the first man to dispute the fact that Saturn has rings.
- Famed Lithuanian explorer Herich Lembrul was born there (yes, he’s from Splatonville).
- Quasi-immortality serum.
- Pornstar Moishe Lembelbach is an Elizabethian.
- The ratio of stuff to things in Elizabethia is exactly π.
- Clitoral enhancement surgery was pioneered in Elizabethia.
- Sturdy, particle-board chairs.
- The nation’s only statute on polyamorous inheritance.
- Plastic, imitation, non-functional corn-cob pipes.
- High-speed wireless salamander communication.
- The top-selling Barenaked Ladies Live at Shermer’s Hardware Store was recorded live at Shermer’s Hardware Store in Macormick.
- America’s largest strip mall is located along all 75 miles of Elizabethia State Highway 5.
- The Patunxet Meteorite Crater is, at 1 meter wide, the state’s largest crater.
- John Quincy Adams’ conception place, also the state’s oldest pub.
- The Northeast’s only 1:1 human body exhibit: Elbert Jenkins.
- The Elizabethia Governor’s Mansion is the only Governor’s Mansion made entirely from maple and oatmeal.
- Owensville’s Amputee Emporium.
- Elizabethia has the highest concentration of benches per capita in the world at 423 per person.
- Radiohead lead singer Thom Yorke performed more shows in Elizabethia on his solo tour than in any other geographic area recognized by the U.S. Census Bureau.
- The International Framing Olympics is held throughout the state every five years.
- Elizabethia is in the top six states by riding lawnmower ownership.
- World’s third oldest umbrella testing area outside Hommetsboro.
- Famous Wade’s sells bottle rockets two for a penny.
- The “Slow, Children at Play” sign was first introduced on Mayfair St. (also in Splatonville).
- Blackbeard’s beard comb can be viewed at the Maritime Museum (currently on tour).
- The state’s lowest point is underwater.
- Though fictional Mayberry was set in the neighboring state of North Carolina, the gas pumps from Gomer’s were imported from Elizabethia.
- The character of The T-1000 was based on former Elizabethian governor Diamond “Diamond Mitch” German.
- Pocket shrews are such a nuisance for Elizabethian farmers that the branded rattler was introduced to keep them in check. It failed.
- Though the four-pronged electrical outlet failed to catch on, they’re still used in 24% of Raffeyville homes.
- Abbotstown features the only shark-themed bowling alley on the entire Eastern Seaboard.
- The X-Files episode “Bump in the Night” featured Elizabethia resident Betty Hargrove in the key role of “Patient #3.”
- Instead of using the words “perhaps” or “maybe,” locals tend to say “may’hap.” This may startle many visitors.
- Until 1981 Elizabethians had a series of fourteen different positions for mailbox flags, allowing for greater communication than the standard binary system popular throughout the country.
- Ghender is known throughout the South East as the “Blind Date Capital of the South East.”
- On his way to Mexico City, the exiled Trotsky had a brief lay-over in Elizabethia, where he ironically purchased several icepicks.
- The Ummer Pantworks in Fester produces more pleats in one day than Europe produces in eight years.
- Triften is the only city in America that does not fall under any designated ZIP code.
- Thompson Elementary School is celebrated as the “Home of Homework.”
- Brandenburg, EL’s gate is rather different from its German counterpart.
- Elizabethian lobsters tend to be, on average, slightly bluer than those from Maine.
- The excellent 230 area code.
- In 1995 the state ban on ADP was lifted, finally allowing for cellular respiration.
- The Braynard Family Restaurant serves seven kinds of custard.
- Catatawa River Site manufactures Uranium PU-36 for use in space modulators.
- Milk is taxed at an astounding rate of three hours of community service per gallon.
- Deep, deep spoons for maximum soup intake.
- Elizabethia is nice.