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Tomato juice is the official state beverage of Ohio.

James J. Ritty, of Dayton, Ohio, invented the cash register in 1879 to stop his patrons from pilfering house profits.

Roy J. Plunkett of New Carlisle, Ohio invented Teflon in 1938.

W.F. Semple of Mount Vernon, Ohio, patented chewing gum in 1869.

Cincinnati, Ohio was once known as 'Porkopolis' because of the large volume of hogs that were marked and slaughtered there.


 

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