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The 50 states of the U.S.A can often get Europeans confused. Is there really that much difference between Mississippi and Alabama? Washington and Oregon? To outsiders not so much, but of course locals will definitely let you know! To get more clarification on how to distinguish between them, one Redditor asked Americans what are the things everyone should know about each state. It's hard to say if this person got what they were asking for, but the result is definitely amusing.

While some users offered tactful descriptions about unique nature of their states and shared important historical facts, others were a lot more candid. Americans dispelled absurd myths, showed what makes them proud and didn't hesitate to point fingers at their own flaws with hilarious examples. Proving once again that they know how to laugh at themselves. Scroll down to see for yourself!

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Lauren Herrmann
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Also Washington has only about 1/20th the insects of any other state. Did not know that until I moved to Virginia and even grocery stores and doctors offices in this hellstate are swarming with beetles and flies and mosquitoes. I miss you Washington. you will always be my real home. <3

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Brandy Cannon
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

WASHINGTON: DC, POLITICS, MOST THINK THE WHITE HOUSE IS HERE, AND OH GOD THE RAIN

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MADISON OWENS
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Don´t forget apples. Try getting hit on the head by one of those. Oh man.

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Pattie Kelly
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

So we can order a coffee in a mug made out of wood and smoke weed while it rains and then we won't care if we get drowned out. Hey sounds good to me.

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Carole Reid
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Thirty year transplant. 19 in Seattle. The east side of the state is kind of white supremest.

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peril-clay
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

So true. There's billboards all over in Washington talking about the best places to get weed.

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cyberdemon0007
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Too true, lmao. Also nirvana, its a bigger deal here than you'd think

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Tom Servo
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Yeah most areas of Seattle have at least 2 coffee places per block :|

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John Everett
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

If you live on the west side of the mountains and go to eastern Washington, don't tell them where you are from.

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Smoofy
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Don't forget Space Needle. Then you've basically got it.

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Leah Rayner
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Too much weed, and rain is not as bad as reputed. Besides, I would much rather have rain in the winter than snow.

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Quinn
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I was on a college campus tour in Wisconsin once. A concerned parent asked "Do students often head off into town to drink?". The tour guide replied, "Oh, don't worry, there's a bar on campus!" By far the most Wisconsin misunderstanding I've ever been witness to.

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Brittney Stanford
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I was really hoping for something much better for my home state. They could have went all out lol

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Dan H
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Strictly regulated brothels operate legally in isolated rural areas, away from the majority of Nevada's population. Prostitution is illegal in the following counties: Clark (which contains Las Vegas), Washoe (which contains Reno), Douglas, and Lincoln.

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Connie Marshall
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The real description: Philadelphia on the east, Pittsburgh on the wet, Alabama in the middle.

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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I can confirm this is true. My school had a silent auction with a basket full of Old Bay Seasoning.

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Rebekah
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I'd prefer: "So flat, we put fake curves in the highways. Literally."

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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I live in CT, and if I could describe it in one sentence... "We invented Lyme disease, and that is the most interesting thing that has happened here)

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Jill
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

”Where family trees go i circles.” (Karma: I’m probably going to have to pay for this comment somehow.)

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Melissa
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I live in Ohio and have never seen people in pajamas in public. I would have put "Turn signal? What's that?"

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Caitlin Smith
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

'We have waffle house' does not accurately describe the waffle house situation down there.

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James Grandmaison
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I'm only an a*****e when it's warranted. Like when tourists visit and ask where top go to look at leaves. Right out your hotel window Sharon

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Martha Donaldson
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Yellowstone super-volcano should worry more than just people in Wyoming - If it ever does erupt.

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