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You know Washington State has the best coffee, microbrews and cedar plank salmon. And maybe you've heard that springtime means spider time (they bite!). But only native Washingtonians know where to go to meet Miss Seafair, where to find the best off-the-beaten paths and that we're the ones who gave the world "Dick and Jane." See if you're picking up what this state's putting down."Wazzu" is the nickname for Washington State University, located in Pullman, in the southeastern part of the state.
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Every year you go to Puyallup, Washington, to the Puyallup Fair, the original name of the Washington State Fair.
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Sweet and tender Dungeness crab is super popular in the Pacific Northwest. In 2015 alone the Puget Sound Dungeness crab fisheries landed almost 12 million pounds of the crustaceans, but you can go crabbing yourself.
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Beginning in 1927, when one was presented to the school, until 1978, the WSU mascot was a live cougar. Since then, Butch has been represented by a student in a cougar costume. Go Cougs!
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Gary Ridgway, known as the "Green River Killer" murdered at least 49 women -- and that number may be higher, from 1982 until he was caught in 2001.
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Seattle Seahawks fans are known as the team's 12th man on the field (not literally, but kind of: Seahawks' fans have been known to throw down a game-changing Beast Quake when it's needed). In 1984, the Seahawks retired the No. 12 in honor of its fans.
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Although it's never been adopted by the state legislature, Washington's known as The Evergreen State, because of its evergreen forests.
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Washingtonians don't pay income tax, but there is a gross receipts tax on business revenue. Most of the state's revenue comes from sales tax.
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While these are all names for that piece of land between the sidewalk and the street, it's most commonly called a "parking strip" in Washington (in the Northwest, really).
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Galloping Gertie was the Tacoma Narrows Bridge, which spanned the Tacoma Narrows strait between Tacoma and the Kitsap Peninsula. When it opened in July 1940, it was the first suspension bridge in Washington. But even before it opened, the bridge moved vertically in windy conditions, and by November 1940, it collapsed.
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The strange-looking Pacific geoduck isn't a duck at all -- it's a big edible saltwater clam that's native to the Pacific Northwest region. If you want to order it, ask for the "gooey-duck" (goo-ee-duhk).
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The University of Washington is known as "U-Dub." (The university also has a mascot, a real Husky dog, named Dubs.)
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Local lingo for being able to see Mount Rainier on the horizon is, "the mountain is out."
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"Wheedle the Needle," a children's story written by Stephen Cosgrove, takes place in Washington (Mount Rainier and Seattle). Wheedle, the book's main character, has become a mascot for the city of Seattle over the years.
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A Dick's Deluxe is made of: two grilled burger patties with melted cheese, lettuce, mayonnaise and pickle relish.
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From mid-April through October, Washington's Orcas and humpbacks can usually be seen around the San Juan Islands.
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As part of the Wild Horse (K'u-see) Project, there are more than 12,000 wild horses of the Yakama Homeland (a 2010 estimate), living on the Yakama Reservation. None of the other tribal lands are located in Washington.
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It's the Peace Arch border crossing that's between Blaine and Vancouver, British Columbia.
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Washington gets about 30 inches of rain a year, over about eight months. But if you see a person using an umbrella, there from out of state.
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To be eligible to be a candidate for Daffodil Princess, you need to be a senior in high school. There are 23 high schools around Pierce County that participate in the annual Daffodil Festival.
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541 is not an area code in Washington state. It's one of the area codes used in the neighboring state of Oregon.
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The Palouse, which is comprised of southeastern Washington and north central Idaho, is a major agricultural region in the state. Farmers in the area produce legumes and wheat, mostly.
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There's a love affair with AJ's Walla Walla Sweet Onion Mustard in Washington, and Washingtonians have been known to order it from out of state.
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Every time the Mariners made a grand slam homerun, sportcaster Dave Niehaus would yell, "Get out the rye bread and mustard, Grandma, it's grand salami time!"
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Riot grrrls emerged from Olympia in the early 1990s. Although the raw sound of this punk rock feminist movement never met mainstream success like grunge, the legacy lives on.
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In the Pacific Northwest accent, which is pretty close to standard American English, some words sound the same or similar when you pronounce them -- linguists call that a merger. For instance, "caught" and cot," "don" and "dawn" and "pen" and "pin" can all sound similar to someone from out of state.
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Lopez Island may be known as the friendly isle, but it's Orcas Island, which is the largest of Washington's San Juan islands, that's shaped like a horseshoe.
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If you want to relive Spokane's '80s punk and new wave scene, it's been chronicled in the documentary film "SpokAnarchy!"
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Trails on Gailbraith, also known as North Lookout Mountain, are singletrack, which means they're just about the width of your bike.
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Once upon a time, Tacoma's Never Never Land had about 100 fiberglass fairytale characters. After decades of fun, and then vandalism and overgrowth, this part of the park was closed.
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Known as the Channeled Scablands, this soil-free, barren and dry landscape on the eastern side of the state was created when a large glacial lake drained.
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A few things have been on the flag, beginning unofficially with the state flower and state seal. Western hemlock, the state tree, has also been featured. In 2009, the flag was updated with the Olympic marmot, which is endemic to Washington.
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"Alki," a Chinook word meaning by and by, is the state motto (although it's not officially recognized by the state legislature as such). It's also the name of Alki Point in Seattle, among other destinations across the state.
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Although they didn't have much impact outside of Washington, Green River is considered one of the first, if not the first, grunge band. And they were the first band to release a record on the Seattle-based Sub Pop label that became influential in the grunge scene. Members of Green River would go on to Pearl Jam, Mudhoney and Mother Love Bone.
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