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Wisconsin is a leading producer of Ginseng in the United States.Green Bay is known as the "Toilet Paper Capital" of the world.American Birkebeiner, the largest cross country ski race in the US, brings upwards of 5,000 competitors to Cable.The Fox River is one of the few rivers in the nation that flows north.The largest experimental aviation event in the world is the EAA Fly-In at Oshkosh.The first circus in the US was in Delavan, Wisconsin.Door County has more shoreline than any other county in the US - over 250 miles.If all of the hunter's on opening day of deer season in Wisconsin were grouped together, they would comprise the sixth largest army in the world.Barbie hails from the fictional town of Willows, Wis.Wisconsin produces 60 percent of the nation’s cranberriesWisconsin’s state symbol, the badger, doesn’t refer to the animal but instead to the 1820s lead miners who traveled for work and dug tunnels to sleep in and keep warm, much like a badger.Frank Lloyd Wright, Chris Farley, Georgia O’Keeffe, Orson Welles, Laura Ingalls Wilder (there’s a museum devoted to her life here!), Liberace, Mark Ruffalo, Les Paul and Frank Caliendo. All from Wisconsin.Wisconsin banned the sale and use of margarine from 1895 to 1967, and while the ban was lifted, some restrictions on margarine remain today. It’s still illegal for a restaurant to serve margarine as a butter substitute unless the customer specifically requests it.The Onion, arguably the most famous news satire organization, was humbly started by two University of Wisconsin-Madison students, Tim Keck and Christopher Johnson, in 1988.Freshwater surfers know Sheboygan as the “Malibu of the Midwest”. Peak surf season, however, takes place between September and March…brrr!The first ever Flag Day was celebrated in Ozaukee County in 1785.“On, Wisconsin” was first said by Arthur MacArthur, Jr. in the Battle of Chattanooga at Missionary Ridge during the Civil War. Arthur MacArthur, Jr., whose future little boy Dougie would grow up to be five-star General Douglas MacArthur.Minnesota’s official motto may be the “Land of 10,000 Lakes”, but Wisconsin is not one to brag. The lake count comes in somewhere over 15,000, but the Wisconsin DNR modestly publishes a listing of 16,692 lakes.The oldest city in Wisconsin isn’t Madison or even Milwaukee.It’s actually Green Bay. Its roots go all the way back to French explorer Jean Nicolet who started a small trading post in 1634. There’s a lot more history to be told of “Titletown” than that of the Packers, but most Wisconsinites’ favorite fact about Green Bay is still the 13 world championships.The highest natural point in Wisconsin isn’t a mountain – it’s actually a hill. Timm’s Hill is recorded at 1,951 feet. Due to Wisconsin’s mostly glaciated terrain, there aren’t a lot of craggy peaks. In exchange for leveling our landscape, glaciation has left us some of the most beautiful rolling hills, valleys, prairies and fertile farm fields. Timm’s Hill is located on Highway 13 near Ogema and the admission is free for all to visit.Known for her dairy production, Wisconsin actually leads the nation in exports of cranberries, whey, ginseng root and sweet corn.Mount Horeb is full of trolls, but not the online hater kind. The town's main street, dubbed the “Trollway,” is lined with hand-carved wooden ones.Wisconsin is the only state to offer a Master Cheesemaker program. It takes three years to complete, and you need 10 years of cheese making experience before you can even apply as a candidate.Wisconsin repealed its laws enforcing Prohibition in 1929, four years before the nation as a whole. We do love our beer!In fact, the 21st Amendment, which did away with Prohibition nationwide, was authored by Wisconsin senator John J. Blaine.Schlitz, the “beer that made Milwaukee famous,” is now owned by the Los Angeles-based Pabst Brewing Company, which also produces Old Milwaukee.The Wisconsin State Cow Chip Throw Festival, held in Sauk City and Prairie du Sac, is the world's largest celebration of bovine fecal matter.The “terrible towel” waved by Pittsburgh Steelers fans is actually manufactured by McArthur Towel and Sports of Baraboo.The Iron Brigade, the bulk of which was made up of members of the 2nd, 6th and 7th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry regiments, suffered the highest percentage of casualties of any brigade in the Civil War.Confederate spy Belle Boyd, known as the “Secesh Cleopatra,” was a Virginian by birth and loyalty, but she's become a posthumous Unionist as she died and lies buried in Wisconsin Dells.Door County takes its name from a dangerous sea passage where the waters of Green Bay join those of Lake Michigan—early French explorers named it the Porte des Morts, or Death's Door.A Milwaukee newspaper editor and printer created the QWERTY keyboard.The Wisconsin Dells has the world's largest concentration of water parks all in one area: eight indoor and three outdoor, with more than 200 water slides and 16 million gallons of water.The Noah's Ark Waterpark in the Dells is the largest outdoor water park in the U.S.Wisconsin produces more cheese than any other state in the nation. And no, this does not include those foam cheesehead hats worn by Packers fans.About 90 percent of the milk from Wisconsin cows is used to make cheese.Chalet Cheese Cooperative in Monroe is one of only two U.S. companies still producing Limburger, the world's stinkiest cheese.The House on the Rock was designed and built in the early 1940s. It is considered an architectural marvel and is perched on a 60-foot chimney of rock. The 14-room house is now a complex of rooms, streets, buildings, and gardens covering over 200 acres. The Infinity Room contains 3,264 windows.In 1882 the first hydroelectric plant in the United States was built at Fox River.The first practical typewriter was designed in Milwaukee in 1867.The Republican Party was founded in Ripon in 1854.Famous Wisconsinites include: Harry Houdini, famous magician and escape artist. Douglas MacArthur, well known World War II and Korean War general. Frank Lloyd Wright, America's most famous architect. William H. Rehnquist, Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court. Don Ameche, actor and winner of an academy award for his performance in "Cocoon."The falls in Niagara has the same geological feature as Niagara Falls, New York.Old Abe (May 27, 1861 – March 26, 1881), a bald eagle, was the mascot of the 8th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry Regimentin the American Civil War. Later, his image was adopted as the eagle appearing on a globe in Case Corporation's logo and as the screaming eagle on the insignia of the U.S. Army's 101st Airborne Division.[2]Old Abe was captured by Ahgamahwegezhig or "Chief Sky". He was the son of Ah-mous (translated either as "The Little Bee" or "Thunder of Bees"), who was an influential leader of the Lac du Flambeau Ojibwe.In spring of 1861, Chief Sky set up a hunting and fishing camp near the South Fork of the Flambeau River, within the present day Chequamegon National Forest, east of Park Falls, Wisconsin. Here, he noticed a treetop nest, with two fledgling eagles, and to capture them, cut down the tree. One eaglet died from the fall, and the other became the young Indian's pet.[3]That summer, Chief Sky and his father canoed down the Chippewa River on a trading expedition. At Jim Falls, Wisconsin,[4]they encountered Daniel McCann, who lived nearby in Eagle Point. The Indians sold the eagle to McCann in exchange for a bushel of corn.In August 1861, John C. Perkins,assisted by Seth Pierce, Frank McGuire,Thomas G. Butler and Victor Wolf,recruited a company of volunteers from Eau Claire and Chippewa Counties. This company was called the "Eau Claire Badgers". Soon after its formation, McCann offered to sell the eagle to the Badgers, for $2.50. In his "History of Old Abe", published in 1865, Joseph O. Barrett, who helped McCann bring the eagle to Eau Claire, gave a description of the transaction, which can be paraphrased as:"Will you buy my eagle," said McCann, "only two dollars and a half?""Here, boys, let's put in twenty five cents apiece," answered Frank McGuire, who began to collect quarters.He also solicited a contribution from a civilian, S. M. Jeffers, but was rebuffed. When the soldiers heard of this, they accosted Jeffers, and gave him three lusty groans. When he understood that they were protesting against his reluctance to help buy the eagle, Jeffers laughed, paid for the bird with a Quarter Eagle and presented him to the Company. After that, he had cheers instead of groans. The quarters were returned to the donors.Captain Perkins named the eagle after President Abraham Lincoln,his quartermaster, Francis L. Billings, made a special perch on which to carry the bird into battle,and a young soldier, James McGinnis, volunteered to take care of him.Civil War[edit]A sculpture of Old Abe is at the topof the Camp Randall ArchOn September 3, 1861, the Badgers embarked, aboard the steamer "Stella Whipple", on a trip down the Chippewa to the Mississippi and up the Wisconsin River to Madison, Wisconsin. They arrived on the 6th and were immediately mustered into service as Company C of the 8th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry Regiment. They became the regimental color company and were given the name "Eagle Company". The regiment also became the "Eagle Regiment". After a few weeks of training at Camp Randall, it began to play an important role in the Western Theater of the American Civil War.Old Abe - WikipediaJoseph James Zimmerman, Jr.Inventor. Telephone answering machine in 1948; security device that automatically dials a phone number and conveys information from in case of an emergency; magnetic recorder used to monitor heart patients; system for accessing prerecorded lectures to earn college credit; airport system to send out landing information to planes 24 hours a day. Early examples on display at the Milwaukee Public Museum.1935 graduate of Marquette University with a degree in electrical engineering. Served in the U.S. Army Signal Corps during WW II. Among the first soldiers to land on Omaha Beach in Normandy, France, as part of the D-Day invasion.Joseph James Zimmerman, Jr. | American inventorWisconsinites experimented with over-snow vehicles before 1900, experimenting with bicycles equipped with runners and gripping fins; steam-propelled sleighs; and (later) Model T Fords converted with rear tractor treads and skis in front. A patent (554.482) for the Sled-Propeller design, without a model, was submitted on Sept. 5, 1895 by inventors William J. Culman and William B. Follis of Brule, Wisconsin.In the first races held near Three Lakes in 1926, 104 of these "snowbuggies" started. Carl Eliason of Sayner developed the prototype of the modern snowmobile in the 1920s when he mounted a two-cylinder motorcycle engine on a long sled, steered it with skis under the front, and propelled it with single, endless track.Eliason made 40 snowmobiles, patented in 1927.Upon receiving an order for 200 from Finland, he sold his patent to the FWD Company of Clintonville. They made 300 for military use, then transferred the patent to a Canadian subsidiary.We’re famous!