10 Things You Don’t Know About Oklahoma

I love some good trivia so with a little help from Google, here are 10 things you (probably) don't know about Oklahoma:

1. The world's first parking meter was installed in OKC in 1935
2. The first shopping cart was invented and used in Oklahoma in 1937
3. The capitol building in OKC is the only capitol in the nation with a working oil well on the property.
4. Anadarko has the ONLY authentic Indian City in the US
5. Oklahoma is one of only two states whose capitol cities' name includes the state name.  The other is Indianapolis, Indiana
6. It's illegal to hunt and capture whales in the state of Oklahoma
7. 24% of Oklahoma is covered by forest
8. An Oklahoma native (Gordon Matthews) invented voice mail.  We called -- but he let it go straight to . .  well, you know.
9. The nation's first tornado warning was issued on March 25, 1948 in OKC
10. Oklahoma has produced more astronauts than any other state.