FUN FACTS ABOUT GEORGIA

Atlanta is home to COCA COLA, the best selling (and might I add--the best tasting) soft drink in the whole world.

If you ever get to Atlanta, be sure to visit the COCA COLA MUSEUM.
While you're visiting with me, be sure and visit the COKE pavillion in my little 3 FLAGS OVER JAWJAH amusement park.
Georgia is 1st in the production of peanuts.
- All the Peter Pan ^™ peanut butter ever made has been produced somewhere in south Georgia.
- The development of a process to keep peanut butter from separating from its oil took place at the Univ. of Ga. experimental station in Griffin Ga.
- SPEAKING OF PEANUT BUTTER, CLICK HERE TO LEARN ABOUT A COUPLE OF THOUSAND USES FOR THE GOOEY STUFF.
The World's record large mouth bass was caught in a Georgia lake in 1932. Click HERE to read all about it.
The World's record "shellcracker" was also caught by a Georgian. It was caught in South Carolina, but it took a Jawjahboy to land it. Click HERE to read about it. Click HERE to see it and the angler close up.
Georgia's Capitol dome is plated with Georgia gold. The first domestic gold ever sent to the Philadelphia Mint came from Dahlonega. Click HERE to read about the Dahlonega Mint.
Georgia's Stone Mountain is the largest granite monolith in the world. You can visit Stone Mountain Park on the net. It's listed in the State Parks links on my Georgia Links page. To get a really close up view of "the rock" click HERE. You'll never get any closer than this.
Georgia is 2nd in the production of chickens.
- let's look at one of Georgia's more unusual big chickens.
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