1. No matter where you are in the state, you are never more than 60 miles from the nearest saltwater body.
2. In 1982, the Florida Keys “seceded” from the U.S. for about one minute to protest a Border Patrol roadblock, declaring themselves the Conch Republic.
3. Every year, thousands of people gather at the state line in Perdido Key for the Interstate Mullet Toss, where they throw dead fish into Alabama.
4. Florida leads other states in the U.S. in tornadoesper year.
5. Lake Okeechobee is the largest freshwater lake in Florida.It is also the third largest freshwater lake (after Lake Michigan and Alaska’s Iliamna Lake) located completely within the United States.
