Minnesota Facts.

Minnesota became the 32nd state on May 11, 1858 and was originally
settled by a lost tribe of Norwegians seeking refuge from the
searing heat of Wisconsin 's winters. The Finns moved there
directly, knowing the winters would be perfect.

Minnesota gets its name from the Sioux Indian word "mah-nee-soo-
tah", meaning, "No, really... They eat fish soaked in lye".

The state song of Minnesota is "Someday the Vikings will... Aw,
never mind".

The Mall of America in Bloomington , Minnesota covers 9.5 million
square feet and has enough space to hold 185,000 idiot teenagers
yapping away on cell phones.

Madison, Minnesota, is known as "the lutefisk capital of the
world". Avoid this city at all costs.

"The Mary Tyler Moore Show" was set in Minneapolis , Minnesota ,
and was Mary's first real acting job since leaving the "Dick van
Dyke Show. The show about a single woman's struggle to find
happiness in the big city was originally titled "Life Without
Dick", but that was changed for some reason.

Downtown Minneapolis has an enclosed skyway system covering 52
blocks, allowing people to live, work, eat, and sleep without ever
going outside. The only downside to this is that a Norwegian
occasionally turns up missing.

Cartoonist Charles M. Shultz was born in Minneapolis , Minnesota,
and grew up in St. Paul. He was the only artist to accurately
depict the perfectly circular heads of Minnesota natives.

The Hormel Company of Austin, Minnesota, produces 6 million cans of
Spam a year, even though no one actually eats it. Spam is a prized
food in Japan & Hawaii--Spam sushi!!

Minnesota license plates are blue & white and contain the phrase
"Blizzards on the 4th of July - you get used to it."

Frank C.Mars, founder of the Mars Candy Co. Was born in Newport ,
Minnesota . His 3 Musketeers candy bar originally contained three
bars in one wrapper, each filled with a different flavor of nougat:
chocolate, Spam and lutefisk.

Tonka trucks continue to be manufactured in Minnetonka, Minnesota,
despite the thousands of GI Joe dolls killed by them annually in
rollover accidents. No airbags, no seat belts. These things are
deathtraps, I tell ya!

Author Laura Ingalls Wilder was raised at Walnut Grove, Minnesota ,
and was famous for writing the "Little House" series of books, as
well as inventing the "Spam diet" which consists of looking at a
plate of Spam until you lose your appetite. Much like the
"lutefisk diet".

The snowmobile was invented in Roseau, Minnesota so as to allow
families a means of attending 4th of July picnics.

Minnesotans are almost indistinguishable from Wisconsinites. The
only way to tell them apart is to ask if they voted for Mondale in
'84.

Sting! You are way too funny? You should be elected Minisota's Moderator. You would only be able to moderate yourself.