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FLORIDA TRIVIA

Special food trivia for Florida voters: Another name for the lima bean is 'chad bean'.

Orange juice is the official beverage of Florida.

The alligator was designated the official state reptile of Florida in 1987.

Florida led the U.S. in watermelon production in 2006 with 835 million pounds.

Clearwater, Florida has more lightning strikes than any other U.S. city.

About 90 percent of the Florida orange crop is used to make orange juice.

Florida has almost 100 million citrus trees under cultivation. (2000)

The process for making frozen concentrated orange juice was developed at the Florida Department of Citrus in 1945. The Department gave the patent to the U.S. government, hoping to advance the frozen food industry throughout the country.

The top 3 orange juice producers in the world are Brazil, Florida and Mexico. (1999)

 

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