VERMONT
The Sugar Maple (Acer saccharum) is the state tree of Vermont.
Ben & Jerry's factory in Waterbury is one of the top tourist attractions in Vermont.
The human population of Vermont in 1838 was about 292,000. There were also 1.6 million sheep in the state.
Montpelier, Vermont is the only U.S. state capital without a McDonald’s restaurant.
Ben & Jerry's ice cream company was founded in 1978 in Burlington, Vermont, in a renovated gas station, by Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield.
Waste from Ben and Jerry's Ice Cream company is supposedly given to local farmers in Vermont to feed to their hogs. It is said the hogs don't particularly care for the Mint Oreo.
The state of Vermont adopted apple pie as the official state pie in 1999.
Vermont produces more maple syrup than any other state in the U.S.
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