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Alabama fun facts
- The Saturn V rocket that took Apollo 11 to the Moon was designed in Huntsville, nicknamed "Rocket City".
- The civil rights march from Selma to Montgomery in 1965 directly led to the Voting Rights Act later that year.
- It's the only US state with both Mardi Gras tradition (Mobile started it before New Orleans) and peanut farms producing 50%+ of US output.
- Helen Keller, born in Tuscumbia, learned to speak after she was deaf-blind — her first signed word was "water".
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Quick stats
- Population: 1 to 5 million
- Area rank: #30 of 50
- Admitted: 1819
- Capital: Montgomery
- Largest city: Huntsville
- Time zone: Central