Alabama

Alabama is the only state to have an alcoholic beverage as its official state drink, the Conecuh Ridge Whiskey.

In 1901, the first 10 football helmets were made in the city of Dayton, Alabama.

Alabama is home to the world’s largest cast iron statue, the Vulcan Statue, which stands at 56 feet tall.

Mobile, Alabama is the birthplace of Mardi Gras in the United States.

The first electric trolley system in the world was established in Montgomery, Alabama in 1886.

In Alabama, it is illegal to wear a fake mustache in church that causes laughter.

The world’s largest office chair is located in Anniston, Alabama, standing at 33 feet tall and 31 feet wide.

In Alabama, it is illegal to flick a booger into the wind.

Alabama has more inland waterways than any other state in the United States.

The first 911 call in the United States was made in Haleyville, Alabama in 1968.

The state of Alabama has more species of freshwater fish than any other state in the country.

The town of Enterprise, Alabama is home to the world’s largest statue of an insect, a 17-foot-tall boll weevil.

The largest annual celebration of the arts, the Kentuck Festival of the Arts, is held in Northport, Alabama.

The city of Muscle Shoals, Alabama is known as the “Hit Recording Capital of the World” due to the number of hit records that have been recorded there.

In Alabama, it is illegal to drive a vehicle while blindfolded.

The world’s first known gold leafing in artwork was discovered in the state of Alabama.

The Alabama Shakespeare Festival in Montgomery is one of the largest and most prestigious Shakespeare festivals in the world.

The Tuskegee Airmen, the first African American military aviators in the United States, trained in Tuskegee, Alabama.

In the city of Athens, Alabama, it is illegal to walk down the street with an ice cream cone in your back pocket.

Alabama is home to the world’s largest cast-iron skillet, located in Birmingham, which weighs in at 100,000 pounds.