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Nebraska is a state in the midwest part of the US, right about in the very middle of the lower 48 states which doesn't include Alaska and Hawaii.
The state nickname is the Cornhusker State because they grow so much corn, and the motto is Equality before the law.
The name of the state comes from a Native American word meaning flat water.
(from: wikipedia - nebraska)
The flag of Nebraska is dark blue, with the state seal in the middle all colored in yellow.
The seal shows a train, mountains, a steamboat, the Missouri river, a cabin, wheat sheaves, a blacksmith at an anvil, and the state motto.
(from: wikipedia - flag of nebraska)
Kool-Aid was first invented in Hastings Nebraska. Edwin Perkins invented it after figuring out how to take liquid out of a fruit juice, and turning it into a powder.
In the town of Hastings, they have a party called Kool-Aid Days.
(from: wikipedia - kool-aid man)
The spade ranch is the oldest cattle ranch in Nebraska. They mark all of their cattle with a shape that looks like an ace of spades.
(from: wikipedia - spade ranch (nebraska))
There is a large rock that has a tall point sticking up on it like a chimney, and it is called Chimney Rock.
(from: wikipedia - chimney rock national historic site)
Gerald Ford, the 38th president of the United States, was born in Nebraska
(from: wikipedia - gerald ford)
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