Key West, Florida is closer to Cuba than to Miami.

In 2015, a Florida man was arrested for throwing a live alligator through a drive-thru window at a fast food restaurant.

In Florida, it is illegal to shower naked.

Florida has the highest population of alligators in the United States.

The Florida Everglades is the only place in the world where alligators and crocodiles coexist in the wild.

Florida has the highest lightning strike rate in the US.

The University of Florida’s mascot, Albert the Alligator, is based on a real alligator that was captured in Lake Alice on campus in 1957.

In 1982, the first and only legal duel was fought in Florida. It was fought with water pistols.

The town of Cassadaga, Florida is known as the “Psychic Capital of the World” and is home to a large community of psychics and mediums.

Florida has more toll roads than any other state in the US.

The world’s largest collection of Salvador Dali’s work can be found in St. Petersburg, Florida.

There is a bridge in Florida that is only one lane wide and swings open to allow boats to pass.

In 2007, a woman in Florida was arrested for riding a manatee.

In 1985, a man in Florida named Carl Tanzler was found living with the corpse of a woman he had been obsessed with for years.

In Miami, it is illegal to imitate an animal.

Florida has the highest number of people who are bitten by sharks in the US.

The Florida Keys are home to the only living coral barrier reef in North America.

The town of Christmas, Florida celebrates Christmas year-round.

In 2018, a woman in Florida was arrested for throwing a bucket of human feces at her landlord.

Florida has more golf courses than any other state in the US.

In 1967, a group of young men from Florida tried to start their own country called the Conch Republic.

The town of Weeki Wachee, Florida is home to a mermaid show that has been running since 1947.

Florida is the flattest state in the US.

The world’s largest coconut can be found in Sarasota, Florida.

In 1989, a man in Florida named Bob Love set a world record by riding a rollercoaster for 365 hours.

The town of Seaside, Florida was used as the setting for the movie “The Truman Show”.

Florida is the only state in the US that has two rivers with the same name – the Withlacoochee River.