North Carolina is filled with history. Sometimes, that history goes a bit uncovered or is obscure to even the most knowledgeable natives. Did you know these fifteen random, interesting, and fun facts about North Carolina?
1. Babe Ruth hit his first home run in Fayetteville on March 7th 1914.
4. North Carolina is the largest producer of sweet potatoes in the nation. There has even been a petition to make the sweet potato the official state vegetable.
11. Many people believe North Carolina was the original revolutionary. That with the Mecklenburg Declaration of 1775, we were the first state to declare independence from England.
