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The 50 states of the U.S.A can often get Europeans confused. Is there really that much difference between Mississippi and Alabama? Washington and Oregon? To outsiders not so much, but of course locals will definitely let you know! To get more clarification on how to distinguish between them, one Redditor asked Americans what are the things everyone should know about each state. It's hard to say if this person got what they were asking for, but the result is definitely amusing.

While some users offered tactful descriptions about unique nature of their states and shared important historical facts, others were a lot more candid. Americans dispelled absurd myths, showed what makes them proud and didn't hesitate to point fingers at their own flaws with hilarious examples. Proving once again that they know how to laugh at themselves. Scroll down to see for yourself!

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guccigreene Report

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xueimel Report

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Quinn
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I was on a college campus tour in Wisconsin once. A concerned parent asked "Do students often head off into town to drink?". The tour guide replied, "Oh, don't worry, there's a bar on campus!" By far the most Wisconsin misunderstanding I've ever been witness to.

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Brittney Stanford
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I was really hoping for something much better for my home state. They could have went all out lol

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Jill
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I just happened to be looking around on the Japanese Coca Cola website and found this map of the soda/pop/coke divide. I'm a pop person myself. soda-or-po...a8dbf0.png soda-or-pop_article_1-5aec154a8dbf0.png

Riley Dirckx
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Minnesota agrees (Pop because that is what happens when you leave a soda in the car during winter, it goes pop)

Brandy Cannon
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

MICHIGAN : WE HAVE REAL WEATHER HERE, AND LIKE TO MESS YOUR DRINK ORDERS UP WITH SODA>POP

Maci Wilcox
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I was born is Arizona and moved to Michigan, so I call it soda. It's a good conversation starter XD

nek0kitty
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Thats ok. Im minnesotan and for 3 yrs my family lived in texas and everyone made fun of how I said certain words XD

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Jim Hunt
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Not quite accurate: FREEZING in winter. HOT & HUMID in summer. eh?

Lydia Austin
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Okay I'm from Michigan and I call it SODA (fight me), and something should be said about Michigan & State because that's a HUGE thing. (Which I happen to not care about in the slightest).

Lydia Austin
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Oh and Vernon's (ginger ale for all you non-Michiganders out there) that's a big thing

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Sue Grigg
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

My state. Was hoping it would be something funnier.Also, if you're not in the U.P. the summers aren't warm they're hot and humid.

Jill
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Where Florida’s elderly “snowbirds” come from.

John Montgomery
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I call them all coke weather it's actually a coke cola or Pepsi, Sprite, Dr Pepper, or anything carbonated.

karisha_mccarthy
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I am a Michigander and here are a few more to add... it's a couch not a sofa, we use our right hand as a map of the lower peninsula, distance is measured in the amount of time it takes to go anywhere, and we have a lot of fresh water (though Flint forgot they need to keep their pipes in good maintenance if they want to keep the populous healthy).

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Dan H
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Strictly regulated brothels operate legally in isolated rural areas, away from the majority of Nevada's population. Prostitution is illegal in the following counties: Clark (which contains Las Vegas), Washoe (which contains Reno), Douglas, and Lincoln.

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Connie Marshall
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The real description: Philadelphia on the east, Pittsburgh on the wet, Alabama in the middle.

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Timbooo
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I can confirm this is true. My school had a silent auction with a basket full of Old Bay Seasoning.

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Moo Jar
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I live in CT, and if I could describe it in one sentence... "We invented Lyme disease, and that is the most interesting thing that has happened here)

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Jill
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

”Where family trees go i circles.” (Karma: I’m probably going to have to pay for this comment somehow.)

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xRavax Report

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Melissa
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I live in Ohio and have never seen people in pajamas in public. I would have put "Turn signal? What's that?"

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Caitlin Smith
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

'We have waffle house' does not accurately describe the waffle house situation down there.

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James Grandmaison
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I'm only an a*****e when it's warranted. Like when tourists visit and ask where top go to look at leaves. Right out your hotel window Sharon

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Martha Donaldson
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Yellowstone super-volcano should worry more than just people in Wyoming - If it ever does erupt.

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