Portal:Florida/Did you know

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...that after the Civil War, Alabama rejected an offer to buy the Florida panhandle for a million dollars?

...that Florida is home to a majority of the MLB's spring training camps?

...that, of Florida's 600 springs, 33 are 1st magnitude; more than any other state?

...St. Augustine, founded in 1565, is the longest continually occupied European settlement in the continental United States?

...that when Florida was made a state in 1845, its population was 57, 921?

...that pecan pie was the other major contender for the title of Florida state pie?

...that Florida's thoroughbred industry has produced 41 North American champions, 86 equine millionaires, 18 Breeders' Cup and 19 Classic winners, including 1978 Triple Crown-winner "Affirmed?"