Massachusetts

• Massachussetts actually has a state polka, it's called "Say Hello To Someone From Massachusetts".

• Whirlwind I, the world's first computer that operated in real-time, was invented at MIT.

•  The Fig Newton was named after Newton, Massachusetts.

• American folk hero Johnny Appleseed was from Massachusetts.

• In the 17th century, 19 “witches” were taken to trial and hung in the town of Salem, Massachusetts.


• No gorilla is allowed in the back seat of any car.

• Snoring is prohibited unless all bedroom windows are closed and securely locked.

• It is unlawful to deliver diapers on Sunday, regardless of emergencies.

• Defacing a milk carton is punishable by a $10 fine.

• Provincetown - It's illegal to sell suntan oil until after noon on Sunday.

• Marlboro - It is illegal to buy, sell or possess a squirt gun.

• Longmeadow - It is illegal for two men to carry a bathtub across the town green.

• Boston - it is illegal to take a bath unless instructed to do so by a physician.

• Holyoke - it unlawful to water your lawn when it is raining.

• Boston - It is illegal to play the fiddle.


• In Webster, you’ll find Lake Char­gogg­a­gogg­man­chaugg­a­gogg­chau­bun­a­gung­a­maugg.

• Retired rocking horses can be found at a spot called Ponyhenge in Lincoln, Massachusetts.

• Boston - A collection of deformed human skulls and the skeleton of conjoined twins are on display at the Warren Anatomical Museum at Harvard University's Countway Medical Library.

• Sheffield - A granite monument marks the spot where the Reed family allegedly encountered a UFO in 1969.

• Holliston - 950-foot rosary - Built and directed by the Xavierian Missionaries on the site of their first foundation in America, the Shrine of Our Lady of Fatima features an outdoor rosary with large stones.