Florida Fun Facts

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From theme parks to ballparks, the quirky to the educational, Miami to Tallahassee—every city and county in Florida are covered in this newly expanded edition: What’s responsible for more than 2,800 holes in Palm Beach County? Which came first, St. Augustine or Plymouth Rock? What’s Osceola County’s biggest city that technically isn’t a city at all? Where in Florida can you participate in the King Mango Strut? What Oscar-winning actress hails from the small town of Bascom, Florida? What’s bigger, Walt Disney World or New York’s Manhattan Island? It’s everything you need to know about Florida—and more!

Reviews & Awards

“A terrific, fun-filled reference book...a must read for natives, visitors and potential tourists who like a good laugh and hard to believe trivia.’’

– South Florida History Magazine

“When the rest of the country gets hold of this book, it may wall off the whole state, pipe in soothing string-quartet music and put the population on drugs for personality disorders."

– John Barry, Miami Herald