Fun MN Facts

• Minnesota Inventions: Scotch tape, the bundt pan, and Green Giant vegetables

• The St. Lawrence Seaway opened in 1959 allowing oceangoing ships to reach Duluth

• Minneapolis is home to the oldest continuously running theater (Old Log Theater) and the largest dinner theater (Chanhassan Dinner Theater) in the country

• The original name of the settlement that became St. Paul was Pig's Eye. Named for the French-Canadian whiskey trader, Pierre "Pig's Eye" Parrant

• Minneapolis has more golfers per capita than any other city in the country

• Water skis were invented in 1922 by Ralph W. Samuelson in Lake City

• Minnesota has a 1:6 ratio of recreational boats/person, more than any other state