Passaic river was the site to the first submarine ride by inventor John P. Holland.
New Jersey has the most dense system of highways and railroads in the U.S.
New Jersey has over 50 resort cities and towns, some of the nations most famous, Asbury park, Wildwood, Atlantic City, Seaside heights, Cape May.
New Jersey is a major seaport state with the largest seaport in the U.S. located in Elizabeth
Jack Nicholson, Bruce Springsteen, Bon Jovi, Redman, Das EFX, Naughty by Nature, Sugar Hill Gang, Lords of the Underground, Jason Alexander, Queen Latifa, Shaq, Judy Blume, Arron Burr, Whitney Houston, Eddie Money, Frank Sinatra, Grover Cleveland, all New Jersey natives.
The light bulb, phonograph (record player), motion picture projector were invented by Thomas Edison in his Menlo Park laboratory
Atlantic City is where the street names came from for the game monopoly
Atlantic City has the longest boardwalk in the world.
New Jersey has the largest petroleum containment area outside of the Middle East countries.
The first Indian reservation was in New Jersey.
New Jersey has the tallest water tower in the world.
The first baseball game was played in Hoboken.
The first intercollegiate football game was played in New Brunswick, in 1869. Rutgers College played Princeton. Rutgers won.
The first Drive-In Movie theatre was opened in Camden.
Tourism is the second-largest industry in New Jersey.
Modern paleontology, the science of studying dinosaur fossils, began in 1858 with the discovery of the first nearly complete skeleton of a dinosaur in Haddonfield, New Jersey. The Hadrosaurus is the official New Jersey state dinosaur
Parsippany has been named Tree City USA for 24 consecutive
years.
New Jersey has more race horses than Kentucky.
New Jersey (not NY) is home to the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island.
Jersey tomatoes are known the world over as being the best you can buy.
New Jersey is the world leader in blueberry and cranberry production.
The famous Les Paul invented the first solid body electric guitar in Mahwah in 1940.
Nearly 80% of what our nation imports comes through Elizabeth Seaport first.
The first town ever lit by incandescent bulbs was in NJ.
The first seaplane was built in Keyport, NJ.
The first airmail (to Chicago) was started from Keyport, NJ.
The first phonograph records were made in Camden, NJ.
New Jersey had the first Medical Center, in Jersey City.
The Pulaski SkyWay, from Jersey City to Newark, was the first skyway highway.
New Jersey is home to both of "NEW YORK'S " ProFootball Teams.
The first radio station and broadcast was in Paterson, NJ.
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