Today is National Nebraska Day

Today is National Nebraska Day, so let's take a few minutes to learn about some of their silly laws and some of the interesting facts about this State in the middle of the USA. Did you know . . . 

• The owner of every hotel is required to provide each guest with a clean and pressed nightshirt.
• Barbers are forbidden from eating onions between 7am and noon.
• Sneezing or burping is illegal during a church service.
• If a child burps during church, his parent may be arrested.
• It is illegal to go whale fishing.

What did you think of these laws? Which one surprises you the most? I think the one about whale fishing, since Nebraska is landlocked is surprising for sure. You will find more silly Nebraska laws at this link.

Now for some interesting facts about Nebraska - did you know . . .

• The name ‘Nebraska’ is derived from the old ‘Otoe’ words ‘Ni Brasge’ or the Omaha words ‘Ni Bthaska.’ Meaning ‘flat water,’ - it makes reference to the Platte River which flows through the state.
• Nebraska became admitted to the Union as the 37th state on March 1, 1867. 
• Nebraska is best known for farming and agriculture.
• Nebraska is the only triply-landlocked state in the U.S, which means one would have to drive through two states and a Canadian province before getting to the ocean.
• In 1927, Kool-Aid was invented by Edwin Perkins in Hastings, Nebraska.
• Sitting on 1.5 acres of land, The Henry Doorly Zoo in Omaha is the biggest indoor rainforest in the U.S.

You will find out more about Nebraska at this link.