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Wisconsin fun facts
- Wisconsin makes ~25% of all US cheese — and 100% of the country's brick cheese.
- The state is the only one where cheesemakers must be licensed (since 2005).
- Green Bay is the smallest US city with a major pro sports franchise (the Packers, owned by its citizens).
- Wisconsin invented the typewriter (1868, Milwaukee) and the blender (1922, Racine).
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Quick stats
- Population: 5 to 10 million
- Area rank: #23 of 50
- Admitted: 1848
- Capital: Madison
- Largest city: Milwaukee
- Time zone: Central