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Nebraska. Its the birthplace of Malcom X, Kool-aid, Spam, Gerald Ford, and a few more. The largest city in Nebraska is Omaha (470,000 people) and the estimated population of people in Nebraska being around 1,850,000.
It's located in the very center of the United States of America. The central part of the U.S. is commonly known as the Great Plains- Nebraskas bordered by South Dakota, Iowa, and Missouri, Kansas, Wyoming, and Colorado.

Nebraska Facts:
•Nebraska averages almost 50 tornadoes a year; the most numbers of tornados was in 2004, with 110 tornados.

•Nebraska 911 system of emergency communications, now used nationwide, was first developed and used in Nebraska state capital; Lincoln Nebraska!

•Nebraska is the birthplace of the Reuben sandwich & Kool-Aid. Canned Spam (canned meat) is produced in Fremont NE

•Nebraska has more miles of river than any other state.

•The University of Nebraska in Lincoln NE weight room is the largest in the country. It covers 3/4 of an acre.

•The City of Kearney Nebraska is in the middle of the US and located exactly between Boston Mass and San Francisco California.

•Persons per square mile in Nebraska, 22.

•About 95 percent of the state's land is farmland -- that's a higher percentage than any other state.


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Jamie ThomasJamie Thomas moderator I live here and am always exploring everything Omaha has to offer 11/02/2010
Rachelle  ParkerRachelle Parker moderator I live in Nebraska 08/01/2011
Diana SaundersDiana Saunders I live in Omaha. 08/01/2012
Steve StoneSteve Stone visiting OMG...i mean OMAHA 05/20/2011
Jessica MechtenbergJessica Mechtenberg oh well you know.... 12/26/2011
Barbora HubenáBarbora Hubená I am exchange student in Lincoln, Nebraska :) 04/18/2012
Mike Lewis Mike Lewis 02/13/2011
Alexander Martin Alexander Martin Nebraska is an old friend I miss so much. 07/22/2005

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