I'm sure you all have seen this........

but, just in case:

Think you know a lot about New Jersey?

Well, here are a few things you might not know about the great state of NEW JERSEY...

WE ARE MORE THAN OIL REFINERIES

a.. New Jersey is a peninsula.
b.. Highlands, New Jersey has the highest shoreline elevation along the entire eastern seaboard, from Maine to Florida.
c.. New Jersey is the only state where all of its counties are classified as metropolitan areas.
d.. New Jersey has more race horses than Kentucky.
e.. New Jersey has more Cubans in Union City (1 sq. mi.) than Havana, Cuba.
f.. New Jersey has the most dense system of highways and railroads in the US.
g.. New Jersey has the most diners in the world and is sometimes referred to as the Diner Capital of the World.
h.. North Jersey has the most shopping malls in one area in the world, with seven major shopping malls in a 25 square mile radius.
i.. New Jersey is home to the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island. (don't believe me? ask the Supreme Court!)
j.. The Passaic River was the site of the first submarine ride by inventor John P. Holland.
k.. New Jersey has 50+ resort cities & towns. Some of the most famous: Asbury Park, Wildwood, Atlantic City, Seaside Heights, Long Branch & Cape May.
l.. New Jersey has the most stringent testing along our coastline for Water Quality Control than any other seaboard state in the entire country. (and yes, it is actually clean now!)
m.. New Jersey is a leading industrial state and is the largest chemical producing state in the nation when you include pharmaceuticals.
n.. Two-thirds of the world's eggplants are grown in New Jersey.
o.. Jersey tomatoes are known the world over as being the best you can buy.
p.. New Jersey is a world leader in blueberry and cranberry production.
q.. Here's to New Jersey-the toast of the country! In 1642, the first brewery in America opened in Hoboken.
r.. New Jersey rocks! The famous Les Paul invented the first solid body electric guitar in Mahwah in 1940, and he still lives there!
s.. New Jersey is a major seaport state with the largest seaport in the US, located in Elizabeth. Nearly 80% of what our nation imports comes through Elizabeth Seaport first.
t.. New Jersey is home to one of the nation's busiest airports at Newark International.
u.. George Washington slept here. Several important Revolutionary War battles were fought on New Jersey soil, led by General George Washington.
v.. The light bulb, phonograph (record player), and motion picture projector were invented by Thomas Edison in his Menlo Park, NJ laboratory. We also boast the first town ever lit by incandescent bulbs.
w.. The transistor was invented in Murray Hill, NJ at Bell Laboratories.
x.. Bell Lab engineers in Holmdel, NJ were the first to detect the background radiation of the Big Bang.
y.. The first seaplane was built in Keyport, NJ.
z.. The first airmail (to Chicago) was started from Keyport, NJ.
aa.. The first phonograph records were made in Camden, NJ.
ab.. New Jersey is home to the Miss America pageant held in Atlantic City.
ac.. The game Monopoly, played all over the world, named the streets on their playing board after the actual streets in Atlantic City.
ad.. Atlantic City has the longest boardwalk in the world.
ae.. New Jersey has the largest petroleum containment area outside of the Middle East countries.
af.. The first Indian reservation was in New Jersey, in the Watchung Mountains.
ag.. New Jersey has the tallest water-tower in the world.
ah.. New Jersey had the first Medical Center, in Jersey City.
ai.. The Pulaski Sky Way, from Jersey City to Newark, was the first skyway-highway.
aj.. NJ built the first auto tunnel under a river, the Hudson (Holland Tunnel).
ak.. New Jersey is the only state in the nation which offers child abuse prevention workshops to every public school.
al.. The first baseball game was played in Hoboken, NJ, which is also the birthplace of Frank Sinatra.
am.. The first intercollegiate football game was played in New Brunswick in 1889 (Rutgers College played Princeton).
an.. The first Drive-in Movie theater was opened in Camden, NJ.
ao.. New Jersey is home to both of "New York's " Pro Football Teams!
ap.. The first radio station and broadcast was in Paterson, NJ.

All New Jersey natives:
Jack Nicholson, Bruce Springsteen, Bon Jovi, Jason Alexander, Queen Latifa, Susan Sarandon, Connie Francis, Shaq, Judy Blume, Aaron Burr, Joan Robertson, Ken Kross, Dionne Warwick, Sarah Vaughn, Budd Abbott, Lou Costello, Art Gallagher, Marilynn McCoo, Flip Wilson, Jane Moskal, Alexander Hamilton, Whitney Houston, Eddie Money, Linda McElroy, Eileen Donnely, Grover Cleveland, Woodrow Wilson, Walt Whitman, Jerry Lewis, Fred Pieroni & Jay Flynn, Kevin Smith, Tom Cruise, Richard Wojewodzki, Joyce Kilmer, Bruce Willis, Caesar Romero, Lauryn Hill, Ice-T, Nick Adams, Nathan Lane, Sandra Dee, Danny DeVito, Richard Conti, Joe Pesci, Joe Piscopo, D. Joseph Lopez, Robert Blake, John Forsyth, Meryl Streep, Loretta Swit, Norman Lloyd, Paul Simon, Jerry Herman, Gorden McCrae, Kevin Spacey.

VIVA NEW JERSEY!!

You forgot one:

NJ is the first state to fly a hot air balloon in Deptford, NJ (at least that's what they think).

It's like Governor Kean said, "NJ & You, perfect together!"

-Michael

Can't forget everything related to Charles Lindbergh, the flight, the kidnapping.

And of course, the Hindenburg disaster.

Didn't Newark have the highest AIDs percentage?
Also isn't our public transportation the most expensive in the country.

We're the the most densely populated and polluted state in the nation!

Auto insurance.

John Travolta!

Oh, looking random stuff up I found this.

But of course, I love NJ.

You know, I've always been confused about this "Birthplace of Baseball" thing in Hoboken.

It sounds like some people just made up the game and just played it for the first time. But wasn't the game really just evolutionized from other game(s)?

I guess maybe the first time they played a version of "baseball" close enough to the current baseball might have happened there.

Edit: Found this

NJ driving rules:

( or why NJ auto insurance rates are the highest in the nation )

1. Turn signals are just clues as to your next move in road battle. A real New Jersey driver never uses them.

2. Under no circumstances should you leave a safe distance between you and the car in front of you no matter how fast you're going. If you do, the space will be filled in by somebody else putting you in an even more dangerous situation.

3. Crossing two or more lanes in a single lane-change is considered going with the flow.

4. The faster you drive through a red light, the smaller the chance you have of getting hit.

5. Never, ever come to a complete stop at a stop sign. No one expects it and it will inevitably result in you being rear ended. If you want your insurance company to pay for a new rear bumper, come to a complete stop at all stop signs.

6. A right lane construction closure is just a game to see how many people can cut in line by passing you on the right as you sit in the left lane waiting for the same jerks to squeeze their way back in before hitting the orange construction barrels.

7. Never get in the way of an older car that needs extensive bodywork. We're talkin' New Jersey insurance laws here, the other guy doesn't have anything to lose.

8. Braking is to be done as hard and late as possible to ensure that your anti-lock braking system kicks in to give you a nice relaxing foot massage as the brake pedal pulsates. For those of you without ABS, it's a chance to stretch your legs.

9. Never pass on the left when you can pass on the right. It's a good way to scare people entering the highway.

10. Speed limits are arbitrary figures to make New Jersey look as if it conforms with other state policies; these are given only as suggestions and are readily unenforceable.

11. Just because you're in the left lane and have no room to speed up or move over doesn't mean that the driver flashing his high beams behind you doesn't think he can go faster in your spot.

12. Please remember that there is no such thing as a shortcut during rush-hour traffic on the Garden State Parkway.

13. All unmarked exits on the Parkway lead to downtown Newark.

14. Always slow down and rubberneck when you see an accident or even a person changing a tire.

15. Learn to swerve abruptly. New Jersey is the home of high-speed slalom driving thanks to the NJDOT, who put potholes in key locations to test drivers' reflexes and keep them on their toes.

16. It is traditional in New Jersey to honk your horn at cars that don't move the instant the light changes. The state is founded upon such traditions.

17. Never take a green light at face value. Always look right and left before proceeding.

18. Construction signs tell you about road closures immediately after you pass the exit but before the traffic begins to back up.

19. The electronic traffic warning system signs are not there to provide useful information. They're just to make the Turnpike look progressive and to distract you from seeing the State Trooper car parked in the median.

20. Seeking eye contact with another driver revokes your right of way.

21. Remember that the goal of every New Jersey driver is to get there first, by whatever means necessary.

22. Throwing litter on the roads adds variety to the landscape, keeps the existing litter from getting lonely and gives Adopt-A-Highway crews something to clean up.

23. Real New Jersey women drivers can put on pantyhose and apply eye makeup at seventy-five miles per hour or in bumper-to-bumper traffic.

24. Real New Jersey men drivers can peruse the sports section and shave at seventy-five miles per hour or in bumper-to-bumper traffic.

25. In the New Jersey area 'flipping someone the bird' is considered a polite New Jersey salute. This gesture should always be returned.

26. Heavy fog and rain are no reasons to change any of the previously listed rules. These weather conditions are God's way of ensuring a natural selection process for body shops, junkyards and new vehicle sales.