Did you know about Georgia????

Georgia was named for King George II of England. Georgia is often called the Empire State of the South because of its large size and industrial strength. The Georgia Aquarium in Atlanta is the largest aquarium in the world. It holds more than 8 million gallons (30 million liters) of water and over 100,000 marine animals. Early Native American ceremonial and burial mounds can be found in Georgia. The largest is 63 feet (19 m) tall. Coca-Cola went on sale for the first time in Jacob’s Pharmacy in Atlanta on 8 May 1886. Juliette Low founded the Girl Scouts of the U.S.A. in Savannah in 1912. Georgia’s Capitol has a gold dome. The gold for the dome came from Dahlonega, Georgia, the site of one of the first gold rushes in North America. Manatees, an endangered species, live off the Georgia coast and usually weigh about 3,000 pounds (1,361 kg). The images of three Confederate Civil War leaders—Jefferson Davis, Robert E. Lee, and “Stonewall” Jackson—are carved into Stone Mountain, 825 feet (250 m) above the ground. Georgia’s Atlantic coastline is only 100 miles (161 km) long from border to border, but if you count all the bays and islands it totals a huge 2,344 miles (3,772 km). The state song is the popular hit “Georgia on My Mind.” Distance Calculator State Time

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