95% of the bourbon in the world comes from Kentucky. There's so much bourbon in Kentucky that there are actually just about 2 whole barrels for every single citizen in the state. With about 4.3 million people there, that equals a heck of a lot of barrels.

The world's most famous carnivorous plant is the Venus fly trap. Though you can find a few small populations of the plant in Florida, it's almost exclusively found in North and South Carolina and nowhere else. The plant is so in demand that it's often at risk from poachers.

Ever wonder what happens to all those bags that go missing at airports? They end up at Alabama's "Unclaimed Baggage Center" where you can go and buy whatever unfortunate travelers lost and never found again. What happens to the embarrassing things people pack? Good question.

The one-time home of Elvis Presley, known as Graceland, is the second most visited house in all of the United States. The only house that gets more visitors in a year is the White House. Over 20 million people have made the trip to Graceland. Hail to the King, baby!

According to the US Geological Survey, there are about 11.4 million acres of wetland in the state of Florida. That works out to just slightly under 30% of the entire state. That's bigger than the entire state of Maryland.

Usually, you don't think of the U.S. at all when you think of mining diamonds, but there are some mines, particularly in Arkansas. In fact, the most valuable diamond ever discovered in the U.S. came from Crater of Diamonds State Park and was worth a cool million.

You know how Scotland has the Loch Ness Monster? Well, South Carolina has a monster, too. Supposedly located in Lake Murray, the monster has been nicknamed "Messie" and there have been numerous sightings over the years.

Louisiana is home to New Orleans and Mardi Gras which is one of the biggest parties in the world. Though millions will be spent on alcohol during that celebration, the official state drink of Louisiana is as mild as a drink can get -- milk.

250 million years ago, North America and Africa were joined together as part of a supercontinent. Time has shifted those two land masses to where they sit on the map currently, but evidence still remains. In 2014, geologists discovered rock under Alabama and Georgia that they believe was once part of Africa.

Texas is not just one of the largest states in the U.S., it's one of the most powerful economically, too. Texas has a GDP of $1.7 trillion. If it were a country, it would have the 10th largest GDP in the world, just edging out Canada and beating South Korea, Russia and Australia.

Do you know about Morgan Island? It's just off the coast of South Carolina and is home to around 3,500 monkeys. The colony of rhesus macaques is free on the island and no humans live there or are permitted to visit. 1,400 monkeys were transported there in 1979 for research purposes and have thrived ever since.

Though sweet potatoes are native to Central or South America (it's hard to say for sure) they have taken root very well in North Carolina. In fact, the state produces 60% of all the sweet potatoes in America on 95,000 acres of land.

The story of the teddy bear is a curious one. According to legend, President Teddy Roosevelt once refused to kill a trapped bear on a hunting trip somewhere near Onward, Mississippi. A local shopkeeper heard the story and created the stuffed bear in honor of the president, giving rise to the name "teddy bear."

Do you think of lakes when you think of Oklahoma? Well, maybe you should. Oklahoma has more man-made lakes than any other state in the U.S. There are over 200 lakes that have been created by dams, including Lake Texoma which clocks in at 89,000 acres.

If you think West Virginia isn't the most creative name for a state, you should know that it was voted on from several choices. Other options on the table for West Virginia included Allegheny, Augusta, Kanawha, Vandalia and New Virginia.

If you ever visit Georgia, you should check out Stone Mountain. At an elevation of 1,683 feet up you'll find some pools that contain live shrimp. There are two types - fairy shrimp and clam shrimp. They will appear when rain fills their pools, and when they dry out the shrimp can remain dormant for years until the rain comes again.

Every state has an official state food that often celebrates some favorite local ingredients. Oklahoma is the only state that went all out to create an official state meal. If you want to eat like an Oklahoman, you need to indulge in BBQ pork, squash, fried okra, sausage and gravy, biscuits, corn, chicken-fried steak, black-eyed peas, cornbread, grits, strawberries and pecan pie. You may want to buy some Tums.

No food is quite as epic as the mighty turducken. A turkey stuffed with a duck stuffed with a chicken is one of the craziest foods ever devised. And who did devise such a thing? Louisiana chef Paul Prudhomme has taken credit for the poultry powerhouse.

A lot of people have a hard time distinguishing the difference between crocodiles and alligators. This must be a lot harder in parts of Southern Florida, where the two animals actually live together. It's the only place on Earth you'll find them together, too.

Every state has an official state song, but the folks in Tennessee love music so much they couldn't settle on just one song. Or two. Or five. There are 10 official state songs in Tennessee, including "My Homeland Tennessee," "Tennessee Waltz," and "Smoky Mountain Rain."

Catfish is pretty popular on a lot of menus in the South, but if you weren't sure where it all came from, wonder no more. Mississippi is home to more catfish than you can shake a stick at. There are over 100,000 acres of catfish farms in the state.

Below the surface of Kentucky, there is a system of caves more extensive than any you'll find anywhere else in the world. There have been over 3,400 miles of cave mapped so far and there's still more to go.

Every place you go is going to have some laws that are unique to the area, probably. Most laws are fairly reasonable and maybe even common sense. Not all, though. According to a law passed in 1881, you can be prosecuted in Arkansas for pronouncing the name of the state with an emphasis on the second syllable.

King Cakes are a staple of Mardi Gras in New Orleans, so much so that 500,000 of them will be sold during Mardi Gras every single year. At around $30 a cake, that's a lot of sweet treats to go with all the beads being tossed around.

New York City has a population density of 27,000 people per square mile. At that density, if someone wanted to take on history's most intense urban planning project, the entire population of the Earth, around 7.5 billion people, could fit into the state of Texas.