Official State Crap Alert: Bill Would Abolish Most Official State Crap
The current state insect, pie, and folk dance are only a few of the things that would lose official status if this Illinois bill were to become law.
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Official State Crap: Florida
The ninth in this occasional series.
D.C. Prepares to Name an Official Amphipod
Other states may have their crustaceans, but only D.C. would have an amphipod. Which is also a crustacean, but still. And D.C. isn’t a state, but also, still.
Official State Crap: District of Columbia
I now return to the critical project of covering the often-ridiculous official stuff of all 50 U.S. states, and, I have now decided, all our non-states as well. This time, it’s the District of Columbia. Although D.C. only has four…
Official State Crap: Delaware
At least one of these doesn’t exist.
Official State Crap: Colorado
Official state flower: The white and lavender columbine. Actually, the identity of the Colorado state flower is not entirely clear. Section 24-80-905 does say it's "the white and lavender columbine," but that turns out to be a description, not a…
Oregon Designates Official State Microbe
Beating Hawaii and Wisconsin to this important milestone.
Official State Crap: Connecticut
Official state tree: the white oak (Quercus alba). Official state mineral: garnet, which is highly abrasive. Official state insect: the praying mantis (Mantis religiosa) (a scientific name I did not make up). Official state bird: the American robin (Turdus migratorius) (same…
Official State Crap: California
Featuring an official state animal that was officially extinct when chosen.
Oregon, Hawaii May Name Official State Microbes
“Is there a competing microbe?” one legislator asked.