Bobby Light
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So after Atlanta I did a trip across Indiana and Fayettenam. In Indiana I learned the following things:
1) Before a movie in Indiana, they play the Hoosiers fight song and you have to stand up.
2) Life is extra Peachy in Indiana - Seven miles outside of Vincennes, Ind. lies the “world’s largest peach.” Built in 1954 as a tribute to the 1939 New York World’s Fair, the peach stands at around 20 feet tall. Oddly enough, it’s accompanied by a replica of the Washington Monument.
3) Indiana is home to a tiny rollercoaster. Just down the road from the huge peach is the home of John Ivers, a rollercoaster enthusiast. Tired of travelling to ride rollercoasters, John created one in his own backyard—complete with a 360 corkscrew. The ride lasts only 10 seconds but is sure to thrill any rider.
4) For that matter, fuck Indiana. Indiana has a whole lot of nerve… gas. Newport Chemical Depot, roughly 30 miles North of Terre Haute, was built during World War II but was repurposed in 1961 to store chemical weaponry. Since then, they’ve neutralized their supply of over 1,000 metric tons.
5) Everyone's favorite "fat feline" is a Hoosier. Jim Davis, the creator of Garfield, calls Marion, Indiana his home. To honor their hometown legend, the town has constructed human sized statues of the orange tabby all around the city. Garfield can be seen donning a fireman’s hat or sporting a tracksuit for the local high school, among other things.
6) Step aside London, Indiana has its very own Big Ben. (Bigass steer) When Old Ben died in 1910, owners preserved him and presented him as a gift to the nearby town of Kokomo. Weighing in at 2.5 tons, Old Ben is the world’s largest preserved steer. He was put down after he slipped on ice and broke two of his legs.
7) Indiana's got the worlds largest ball of paint. Yes, it's exactly as it sounds. A bigass ball of dried paint. Holding the Guinness World Record since 2004, Mike Carmichael’s paint ball has been covered in over 24,400 coats of paint and weighs over 4,000 pounds. Visitors can help the ball grow by visiting Alexandria and painting a layer on themselves.
8) Hoosiers can witness the miracle of bovine birth at Fair Oaks Farm. Roughly 80 baby cows are born every day at Fair Oaks Diary Farm in Fair Oaks, Ind. The farm invites cheese-seeking visitors to join them for the birthing experience, which is part of their “Dairy Adventure” tour. Aside from seeing the different steps of making cheese, visitors get to sample their different products and can purchase a variety of cheese-based snacks, like a quesadilla or a milkshake, all made with fresh product.
9) The original "rebel" has cause to rest in Indiana. The original “rebel without a cause” was born in Marion, Ind. Despite the fact that he died in California, his family brought his body back to Fairmount to bury him. Discretely placed among other graves in a humble cemetery, visitors can pay their respects and also visit the local James Dean Gallery.
10) Indiana is an "egg-cellent" place for an egg hunt. Weighing in at 1.5 tons, the 10 foot tall concrete egg in Mentone, Indiana has been dubbed the “world’s largest egg.” Constructed to attract attention to a local annual egg festival in 1946, Mentone has become know locally as “the Egg Basket of the Midwest.”  1/18/2016 11:23:58 AM
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