Bet you didn't know...

The State of Washington is the only state to be named after a United States president.

 
Seattle's Space Needle is home to the first revolving restaurant, 1961.

Washington State produces more apples than any other state in the union.
 

Washington State has more glaciers than the other 47 contiguous states combined.

Everett, Washington is the site of the world's largest building by volume, Boeing's final assembly plant.
 

The highest point in Washington is Mount Rainier. It was named after Peter Rainier, a British soldier who fought against the Americans in the Revolutionary War.

Washington is the birthplace of both Jimi Hendrix (Seattle) and Bing Crosby (Tacoma).

The world's first soft-serve ice cream machine was located in an Olympia Dairy Queen.

Inventions in the Pacific Northwest include water skis, Slinky Pull Toy, Pictionary, Elmer’s Glue and electric guitar.

The longest, heaviest floating structure in the world is the Evergreen Point Floating Bridge

Seattle sells more sunglasses per capita than any other major city in the nation!

The Space Needle is fastened to its foundation with 72 bolts, each of which is 9m (30 feet) long - must be a record!

The world's first espresso cart was established below the Seattle Monorail terminal at Westlake Center in 1980.

The Wave, a ubiquitous sight at sporting events around the globe, was invented by UW cheerleader Rob Weller at a University of Washington vs. Stanford University football game on October 31, 1981 in Seattle at U Dub's Husky Stadium - the Huskies won 42-31 (Go Dawgs!)

The 2001 Seattle Mariners won 116 games tying the 1906 Chicago Cubs for the most games won in a season.

The “Happy Face” first appeared in Seattle. (No, Forrest Gump did not invent it!)

Seattleite and Tacoman Dale Chihuly, world renown glass sculpture artist and founder of the prestigious Pilchuck Glass School, was the first person to be proclaimed a "Living National Treasure" by President George Bush in 1992.

Seattle was the first American city to put police on bicycles.