10 Things You Didn't Know About Kentucky

1. Cumberland Falls is one of only two places in the world to see a rare night-time rainbow called a moonbow. Catch it on Jun-20-24, July 19-23, Aug 17-21, September 16-20, October 15-19, November 14-18 and December 13-17.

2. Middlesboro is the only US city whose limits are located within a meteor crater.

3. Cheeseburgers were first served in 1934 at Kaolin’s restaurant in Louisville.

4. The Happy Birthday To You song was written by the Hill sisters in Louisville in 1893.

5. Casey County Apple Festival held in September features the world’s largest apple pie.

6. Teacher Mary S. Wilson held the first observance of Mother’s Day in Henderson in 1887. It was made a national holiday in 1916.

7. Tommy Kirk, child actor who starred in Swiss Family Robinson, is a Louisville native

8. The Wild Turkey was almost a national symbol! Ben Franklin made a strong case for the bird; the folks at the Salato Centre in Frankfort say it would have been a good choice because the male turkey’s head is red, white and blue.

9. Churchill Downs’ famous twin spires were used as radio booths and observation points for the first radio broadcast of the Derby by WHAS and WGN in 1925.

10. Cave shrimp is Kentucky’s only endangered species and only found in Mammouth cave.

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26 October 2005