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The state flag has 25 stars on it to symbolize Arkansas becoming the 25th state.
Arkansas is the only US State that produces diamonds.
The World's Championship Duck Calling Contest is held annually in Stuttgart.
The Arkansas state musical instrument is the fiddle.
The state ranks number 1 in rice and poultry production.
The headquarters of Wal-Mart is in Bentonville. It was founded by Sam Walton.
It is pronounced 'Arkansaw'. It is against the law to say it wrong.
Ernest Hemingway wrote parts of his classic novel “A Farewell to Arms” at his studio in Piggot, his wife's hometown.
Meyer’s Bakery brought the world the gift of brown-and-serve rolls in the 1930’s in Arkansas.
Mount Ida is referred to as the Quartz Crystal Capital of the World.
Little Rock is the home to the American Taekwondo Association National Headquarters.
More than half the state of Arkansas is covered by forestland.
In the early 20th century, ostrich racing was a popular sport at Cockburn’s Ostrich Farm in Hot Springs.
A farm in Lavaca has a silo painted into a giant Budweiser beer can.
In 1876, two Fayetteville newspaper editors had a street fight to settle their differences. The loser had to sell his paper and leave town, which he did.