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• There are over 200 times more chickens than people in Delaware.

• Delaware was once a Swedish colony named “New Sweden,” and its largest city, Wilmington, was initially named “Fort Christina” in honor of the Swedish queen in 1637.

• In 1610, Delaware was named after the first governor of Virginia, Sir Thomas West, Lord De La Warr.

• The frying pan built in 1950 for use at the Delmarva Chicken Festival is 10 feet in diameter and holds 180 gallons of oil and 800 chicken quarters.

• In 1638, near the mouth of the Delaware River, Swedish and Finnish people built the first log cabin in North America.

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• Delaware prohibits horse racing of any kind on Good Friday and Easter Sunday.

• In Delaware it is illegal to get married on a dare.

• Pawnbrokers can't accept your wheelchair or fake leg or arm for payment or pawn.

• It's illegal to change because there's sand in your suit don't do it in your car or a public restroom.

• The only hunting you can do in Delaware on Sundays is fox hunting with dogs.

• It's illegal to pretend to sleep on a bench on the Rehoboth Beach Boardwalk.

• 116-5. Tailgating. It shall be unlawful for any person to tailgate from any vehicle or picnic on any street or highway within the corporate limits of the Town of Fenwick Island, Delaware.

• Delaware restaurant owners are strictly prohibited from serving "oleomargarine," which legislators deemed "applicable to the food product known as 'margarine'" to guests in their establishments without their knowledge.

• 30-5. Removal of excrement.The owner shall carry and use a bag or other device to pick up and remove any excrement said dog shall drop on property other than their own.

• It’s illegal to whisper in church if you are disrupting or disturbing the congregation.

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• Arden - The Oddporium = Ken and Beth's collection of human skulls and skeletons, insane asylum relics, weird art, and things in jars.

• Milton - Futuro: UFO-Shaped House - Located at the edge of a small airport, the portable, prefabricated home design from 1968 is by Finnish architect Matti Suuronen.

• Seaford - Noah's Ark Church - The Seaford Wesleyan Church, also known as the Ark Church, has the facade of Noah's Ark with peek-a-boo animals.

• Georgetown - Treasure Ship Booty - Coins, cannons, and other salvage from the wreck of the Nuestra Senora de Atocha, a Spanish treasure ship that sunk in 1622.

• New Castle - 34-Foot-Tall Stainless Steel Mary - This mega-Madonna, is positioned to provide spiritual guidance at the only entrance to Delaware from New Jersey.

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