Florida

• There are no dinosaur fossils in Florida - during the dinosaur age, the entire Florida peninsula was underwater and was non-existent as a land mass.

• Florida is said to be the Skunk Ape, a seven-foot-tall, four-hundred-pound mysterious beast that hails from Ochopee.

• The beaches of Palm Beach County houses more than 16,000 turtle nests.

• Miami witnessed the first ATM in Florida. The ATM was established exclusively for rollerbladers as they couldn’t go into the banks.

• Florida has the highest number of shark attacks in the U.S.


• Sarasota - It is illegal to sing in a public place while attired in a swimsuit.

• A special law prohibits unmarried women from parachuting on Sunday or she shall risk arrest, fine, and/or jailing.

• Florida law forbids rats to leave the ships docked in Tampa Bay.

• Hialeah - Ambling and strolling is a misdemeanor.

• If an elephant is left tied to a parking meter, the parking fee has to be paid just as it would for a vehicle.

• Failure to tell your neighbor his house is on fire is illegal.

• It is illegal to fish while driving across a bridge.

• It is illegal to skateboard without a license.

• Women may be fined for falling asleep under a hair dryer, as can the salon owner.

• You are not allowed to break more than three dishes per day, or chip the edges of more than four cups and/or sauccers.


• It is said that the Riddle House is haunted by a spirit named Joseph.

• Altamonte Springs - World's Largest Nativity Scene - 19-foot-tall figures in a residential neighborhood. Year-round display. Claims to be two feet taller than the Nativity listed in Guinness World Records.

• Miami Beach - The Egg - Officially known as "The Betsy Orb," it's an egg-shaped third-floor skybridge that links two hotels across a back alley

• Boca Grande - Calusa: Lost Civilization Sea Shell Man - The lost civilization of Calusa, the "Shell Indians," lived in this area. Emil Alzamora sculpted this bronze statue of a man cast from local sea shells in 2005.

• Tarpon Springs - Old Testament Tabernacle in the Wilderness - A full-size replica of the Old Testament "Tabernacle in the Wilderness" is displayed in a windowless warehouse-like air-conditioned building. Also, a Bible museum with over 500 artifacts.