7 Facts about New Jersey

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In this video you can find seven little known facts about New Jersey. Keep watching and subscribe, as more states will follow! • You can now support this channel via Patreon, by accessing the link bellow. Thank you! • / 7facts • Learn, Share, Subscribe • US States Territories • • US States Territories • 206 Countries in One Series • • 7 Facts from around the World (all vi... • Social Media: • / sebastian2go • / official7facts • ------------------------------------------------ • More information about the video content bellow: • 1. New Jersey played a crucial role in the Revolutionary War. More battles were fought in New Jersey than in any other colony, and General George Washington’s wins in the battles of Trenton and Princeton were major strategic turning points. Washington outfitted his troops in beige and dark blue, colors that would later be adopted for the New Jersey state flag. • 2. New Jersey boasts more people than any other state: it’s more densely populated than China, and almost as crowded as India. • 3. The Statue of Liberty is kind of in New Jersey. It’s also kind of in New York. The land on which the statue stands is owned by the state of New York, but the waters surrounding the island belong to Jersey City. So who owns it? It depends who you ask. New York says “New York.” New Jersey says, “We share it.” The federal government hedges its bets. A question on the citizenship exam asks, “Where is the Statue of Liberty?” Acceptable answers include “New York,” “near New York City,” and “New Jersey.” • • 4. The New York Jets, the New York Giants, and the New York Red Bulls are all actually based in New Jersey. The Jets and Giants share MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, and the Red Bulls play at the Red Bull Arena in Harrison. • 5. Thomas Alva Edison may not have been the most moral of inventors, and detractors today argue that he ripped off better thinkers like Nikola Tesla and Georges Méliés. Still, history books will tell you that Edison was responsible for inventing the lightbulb, the phonograph, and the movie—and all of those took shape in his lab in Menlo Park, New Jersey. • 6. The 1937 wreck of the Hindenburg left a vivid and shocking impression on the American people. While trying to land at Lakehurst, New Jersey, the airship caught fire and went down in a raging ball of flame. Despite this, more than half of the airship’s passengers and crew made it out alive. • 7. According to local legend, the Jersey Devil burst into the world in the Pine Barrens on a black and stormy night in 1735. The 13th child of a bitter woman, the monster was reportedly born with a horse’s head, hooves, long back legs, stubby front legs, glowing red eyes, and an ear-splitting screech. Just after birth, the beast flew up the chimney and vanished. To this day, people still report seeing a winged, goat-like monster flying through the Pine Barrens. • More Info: • http://mentalfloss.com/article/72947/... • Music: • Liam.M - Medicine • • [Chill] Liam.M - Medicine • / liammmusic.1 • / liammmusic • / mcliam2210 • https://open.spotify.com/artist/4oWy5... • https://itunes.apple.com/au/artist/li... • Images: • https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi... • http://grbc-newark.org/wp-content/upl... • https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi... • http://www.giants.com/assets/images/i... • http://www.geglobalresearch.com/media... • https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi... • https://www.csicop.org/uploads/images... • Intro Creator: • Pushed to Insanity • http://pushedtoinsanity.com/portfolio...

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