10 Shades of Surprising Facts About Pennsylvania You Need to Know

Betsy Ross, who sewed the first American flag, was from Pennsylvania.

Like a keystone, Pennsylvania was the foundation that held together other states of the newly formed Union, and still continues to do so.

Of all of thirteen original colonies of USA, Pennsylvania is the only one that does not border the Atlantic Ocean.

Not many of us know that the American Constitution was first signed in the independence hall of Pennsylvania.

The first general purpose computer-ENIAC (Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer) was built in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1946.

Pennsylvania was the first state of the fifty United States to list their website URL on a license plate.

The oldest golf course in the United States- Foxburg Golf course, is located in Clarion, Pennsylvania.

America's first baseball stadium -Forbes Fields, was built in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in 1909.

This one's for the chocolate lovers. Pennsylvania is home to Hershey's - one of the largest chocolate factories in the USA!

Kennett Square, PA is considered the mushroom capital of the world and harvests one million pounds of mushrooms each year.