Dr. John Gorrie of Apalachicola is credited with inventing the precursor to modern air conditioning and mechanical refrigeration in the mid-1800s. Thank you Dr. Gorrie!
The nation’s smallest post office is located in Ochopee; it is just 61 square feet and was originally an irrigation pipe shed.
By land area, Jacksonville is the largest city in the contiguous United States, covering roughly 840 square miles.
Unlike most states, no dinosaur fossils have ever been found in Florida because the entire peninsula was underwater during the Mesozoic Era.
The Florida Reef is the only living coral barrier reef in the continental United States and the third largest in the world.
