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5 State Facts

  • Nickname: The Evergreen State

  • Statehood: 1889; 42nd state

  • Population (as of July 2015): 7,170,351

  • State bird: goldfinch

  • State flower: coast rhododendron

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Washington

Did you know?

  • The state of Washington was named after the first US president George Washington.

  • The world’s first Starbucks opened in Seattle, Washington, in 1971.

  • Father’s Day was founded in the small city of Spokane, WA.

  • Washington is home to the oldest squirrel bridge (1963) in the U.S.
  • Popular games Pictionary, Pickleball, and Cranium were all invented in Washington.
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