Everything California

[midavid]

Cal-Info-rnia

California's Mount Whitney measures as the highest peak in the lower 48 states.

The highest and lowest points in the continental United States are within 100 miles (160 km) of one another. Mount Whitney measures 14,495 feet (4,418 m) and Bad Water in Death Valley is 282 feet (86 m) below sea level.

Alpine County, south of Lake Tahoe, is the eighth smallest of California's 58 counties. It has no high schools, ATMs, dentists, banks, or traffic lights. It is also the only county in the state that doesn't generate agricultural production.

Totaling nearly three million acres, San Bernardino County is the largest county in the entire United States.

San Francisco Bay is considered the world's largest landlocked harbor.

California is bigger than eighty-five of the smallest nations in the world.

California Caverns claims the distinction of being the most extensive system of caves and passageways in the California Foothills region of the state.

The area around Geyserville, just north of San Francisco, is the largest geothermal area in the world.

Mount Shasta, at 14,162 feet, (4248 m) is the tallest volcano in California and the second highest in America.

Portions of Mount Lassen in Northern California still resemble an active volcano with boiling mud pots, hot springs, and steam rising from the side of the mountain. Mount Lassen last erupted less than 100 years ago with a seven mile high plume of ash.

The Country Store in Baker, CA has sold more winning California State Lottery tickets than any outlet in the state.

Reputed to be the most corrupt politician in Fresno County history, Vice-leader Joseph Spinney was mayor for only ten minutes.

One out of every eight United States residents lives in California.

The largest oil can collection in the world, of 10,000 cans, is found in Santa Rosa, CA.

Seventeen-Mile Drive through Pebble Beach is the only private toll road west of the Mississippi River.

The Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco has enough steel wires in its cables to circle the earth at the equator 3.5 times.

The Golden Gate Bridge is so big that workers paint the bridge year round. By the time they are finished with one end it is time to begin repainting the other end.

The birth of the Internet was sparked from the campus of UCLA in 1969 when professor Leonard Kleinrock needed a way to communicate between campuses.

Cool Californian inventions: Barbie Dolls, blue jeans, the boysenberry, the pill, white zinfandel wine, the square tomato, natural soda, the computer "mouse," the wetsuit, and theme parks.

The Petrified Forest near Calistoga has a 3000 year old Redwood tree, that was petrified 3.4 million years ago.

Trinity County has NO traffic lights, except for a caution blinker at a firehouse.

A Fresno Sanitary Landfill that operated from 1937 to 1981 was designated a National Historic Landmark by the United States Interior Department on August 26, 2001 along with Wrigley Field in Chicago.

San Francisco’s Cable Cars are the only Mobile National Landmark.

A Star Trek Fan in L.A. has translated the entire Bible into Klingon

Reno, Nevada is further west than Los Angeles, California

In Ventura County, California, cats and dogs are not allowed to have sex without a permit.

The California Department of Motor Vehicles has issued six driver's licenses to six different people named Jesus Christ.

California’s Hewlett Packard’s first product was an automatic urinal flusher.

The Land occupied by San Quentin State Prison is estimated to be worth $80 to $100 Million Dollars, making it the most valuable Prison in the World

There is a regulation size half-court where employees can play basketball inside the Matterhorn at Disneyland.

California has the largest population of Native Americans, more than any other state.

California has one of the largest Chinese communities outside Asia in the entire world (San Francisco).

The Los Angeles area has more people of Mexican ancestry than any other urban area in the world, outside of Mexico.

California has the largest Armenian population outside Armenia (Glendale ).

During the late 1800s, early 1900s, the city of Vacaville produced 25% of all the fruit grown in the entire United States.


Abiding by the Law:

In L.A., a man may legally beat his wife with a leather strap, as long as it is less than 2 inches wide, or she gives him permission to use a wider strap.

It is a misdemeanor to shoot any kind of game from a moving vehicle, unless the target is a whale.

It is illegal to set a mouse trap without a hunting license.

In Berkeley, before 7 A.M., it's against the law to whistle in an attempt to find your lost canary.

In Pacific Grove, "molesting" butterflies can result in a $500 fine.

In Pasadena, it is illegal for a secretary to be alone in a room with her boss.

In Long Beach, it is illegal to curse on a mini-golf course.

In San Francisco, it is illegal to wipe one's car with used underwear.

It is illegal to cry on the witness stand in Los Angeles.

It is illegal to eat oranges in a bathtub.

In Baldwin Park, it is illegal to ride a bicycle in a swimming Pool.

[FluteOfTheNewWorld]

Haha great find!!!

[Hostrauser]

Just off the top of my head...

Alpine County, south of Lake Tahoe, is the eighth smallest of California's 58 counties. It has no high schools.

Incorrect. Actually, it has two:
Bear Valley HS in Bear Valley, CA
Woodfords HS in Woodfords, CA

Bear Valley has a student body of five, but it's an accredited High School.

San Francisco Bay is considered the world's largest landlocked harbor.

Uh, if it's not connected to the ocean, how can it be a harbor? If it IS connected to the ocean, how can it be landlocked?

Mount Shasta, at 14,162 feet, (4248 m) is the tallest volcano in California and the second highest in America.

Second highest in the contiguous 48 states. Numerous volcanoes in Alaska are bigger than Shasta or Mt. Rainier in WA (#1 in the lower 48)

Portions of Mount Lassen in Northern California still resemble an active volcano with boiling mud pots, hot springs, and steam rising from the side of the mountain. Mount Lassen last erupted less than 100 years ago with a seven mile high plume of ash.

Maybe that's because Mount Lassen still is an active volcano? 100 years is like yesterday, geologically speaking.

The Country Store in Baker, CA has sold more winning California State Lottery tickets than any outlet in the state.

Not surprising when you consider the traffic from LA to Las Vegas on I-15, and the fact is the last "real" stop in CA on your way out of state.

The birth of the Internet was sparked from the campus of UCLA in 1969 when professor Leonard Kleinrock needed a way to communicate between campuses.

No. The birth of the internet was a government-funded project, and the first packet-switching network involved the contributions of several men. Yes, Leonard Kleinrock was one of them, but the motive here is incorrect.

[fieldshowqueen]

Alpine County, south of Lake Tahoe, is the eighth smallest of California's 58 counties. It has no high schools, ATMs, dentists, banks, or traffic lights. It is also the only county in the state that doesn't generate agricultural production.

According to citydata.com, the average agricultural farm production is $43,000 per year. Someone up there is producing something.

The area around Geyserville, just north of San Francisco, is the largest geothermal area in the world.

It is the largest "developed" geothermal area ... not the largest in actual area.

Cool Californian inventions: Barbie Dolls, blue jeans, the boysenberry, the pill, white zinfandel wine, the square tomato, natural soda, the computer "mouse," the wetsuit, and theme parks.

Actually "the pill" was developed by Pincus in Massachusetts and another researcher had developed it before him in Mexico City. Human trials were done in Puerto Rico to circumvent the FDA.

White Zinfandel wine was not an invention ... it was born out of necessity because the Zinfandel grape skins typically did not survive the trip to the east coast where they were processed. The Zinfandel wine grape came to America from europe and was known as Primitivo. There are some records of the grape skins being removed and bottled as a blush wine as far back as the 1500's.

There is a regulation size half-court where employees can play basketball inside the Matterhorn at Disneyland.

Sort of ... there IS a basketball backboard, rim and floor markings but it is smaller than a regulation size half-court. http://www.snopes.com/disney/parks/matterhorn.asp#add

It is illegal to set a mouse trap without a hunting license.

Sorry ... urban legend again. http://www.snopes.com/legal/mousetrap.asp

In Long Beach, it is illegal to curse on a mini-golf course.

Which might explain why where are no miniature golf courses in the city of Long Beach.

[FluteOfTheNewWorld]

Haha I was wondering how much of this was true...

I'm always skeptical of those "It's illegal to do this in this state" lists... some of that stuff makes no sense.

[Ex Nihilo]

how much you wanna bet he put all that misinformation there on purpose???

[fieldshowqueen]

MIDPRONIUM: wasting everyone's time, one post at a time.

Now, now ... this COULD be fun actually. California has provided us with many things - one being MID's posts. Case in point ... Ryan H. "The Voice" Turner and his fan club, WoP, EO and new words like 'congrate', and 18 million people in the Los Angeles basin all appear to be on the poopiedust freeway at the same time AND who all seem to "escape" to Las Vegas on a Friday afternoon (sorry - last one is quasi-fact/quasi-opinion obviously).

(*SIDE NOTE: MID does bring up a point even though it wasn't the object of the OP - be very careful about what is posted out there and check it back to the source if possible before accepting it as fact.)

[Sixfdsteve]

Compton: Where the cost of living is going up, and the chance of living is going down.

Del Mar: Where the turf meets the surf.
Imperial Beach: Where the debris meets the sea.

[FluteOfTheNewWorld]

Compton: Where the cost of living is going up, and the chance of living is going down.

Del Mar: Where the turf meets the surf.
Imperial Beach: Where the debris meets the sea.

Haha that's great!

[Sixfdsteve]

The Compton line I stole from Robin Harris.

[JuAnEeXXbOi06]

You're definitely on the money as far as Imperial Beach is concerned[My house is a 2 minute drive from IB]

Flute, awesome signature, haha.

[FluteOfTheNewWorld]

Flute, awesome signature, haha.

Are you an office fan too?

[Ex Nihilo]

Flute, awesome signature, haha.

Are you an office fan too?

RYAN STARTED THE FIRE!!!

[FluteOfTheNewWorld]

Flute, awesome signature, haha.

Are you an office fan too?

RYAN STARTED THE FIRE!!!

that was raondom.. but yeah he did

[Ex Nihilo]

Are you an office fan too?

RYAN STARTED THE FIRE!!!

that was raondom.. but yeah he did

your signature is a quote from that episode isn't it?