TENNESSEE

In 1927, the first commercial recordings of country music were made in Bristol, Tennessee.

In 1998, Congress named Bristol the "birthplace of country music".

In Nashville, Tennessee, a dentist and a candy maker invented cotton candy. They created a machine that melted sugar crystals and blew them through a screen to create cotton candy threads.

Tennessee is tied for the state with the most borders, with eight other states.

Knoxville, Tennessee is the birthplace of Mountain Dew.

Chattanooga, Tennessee invented the modern-day miniature golf course in 1927.

Tennessee has a law that makes it illegal to buy or sell hollow logs.