Michigan is the leading state in American cherry production.
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Fun Fact: Cherry Capital of the World
With cherry production around 200 million pounds a year, Traverse City, Michigan has been dubbed the Cherry capital of the world.
(Not So) Fun Fact: Kidnapping Plot of Gretchen Whitmer
In 2020, far right terrorists planned to kidnap Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer allegedly over her COVID-19 lockdowns. Luckily they never got to her as the FBI arrested the men, two of them recently convicted of their crimes
Fun Fact: A Bridge Between Canada and America Owned By a Single Businessman
The Ambassador Bridge was bought out by a now billionaire in the 1970s. It has served as the major crossing between the Midwest area for all road vehicles.
Fun Fact: How Lansing Michigan Got Its Name
The capital of Michigan, Lansing gets its name from two brothers in the 19th century. They went to Lansing, New York and told people of a town that didn’t really exist. The new settlers were disappointed but ended up staying in Michigan and naming Lansing after their home-town.
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