Interesting thread!!!
I just dug up some Pennsylvania facts:

~The Constitution, Declaration of Independence, and Gettysburg Address were all written in PA

~Nickname is the Keystone state

~Pennsylvania leads the nation in covered bridges, hunters, state game lands, mushroom production, meat packing plants, potato chip production, pretzel bakeries, and sausage production

~the name means "Penn's Woods", it was named after the father of Admiral William Penn

~our motto is: Virtue, Liberty, and Independence

~state animal--whitetail deer

~state beverage--milk

~state bird--ruffed grouse

~state flower--mountain laurel

~state dog--Great Dane

~state fish--brook trout

~state insect--firefly

~state tree--Hemlock

~Christmas tree capitol of the world: Indiana County, PA

~geographical center of the state--Centry County (hence the name--that's where I live)

~310 miles east to west; 180 miles north to south

~50 natural lakes, 2500 man-made lakes

~population--12,009,000

Pennsylvania firsts:
hospital, library, zoo, newspaper, state capitol (Harrisburg), television broadcast, cable tv, radio broadcast, banana split, and paper mill