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Colorado fun facts
- Denver, the "Mile High City," is exactly 5,280 feet above sea level — one mile.
- Colorado has 58 peaks over 14,000 feet — more than any other state. Climbers call them "fourteeners."
- It was the first state to legalize recreational marijuana (2014).
- The cheeseburger was invented here in 1935, at the Humpty Dumpty Drive-In in Denver.
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Quick stats
- Population: 5 to 10 million
- Area rank: #8 of 50
- Admitted: 1876
- Capital: Denver
- Largest city: Denver
- Time zone: Mountain