Pennsylvania

• The Eagles and the Steelers once played together as the Steagles.

• Only one United States President was born in Pennsylvania.

• There is only one town in Pennsylvania: Bloomsburg. Everywhere else is either a city, borough, or township.

• The Jeep was invented by the Bantam Car Company in Butler, PA. However, the U.S. military didn’t think they could produce enough models and gave the plans to Ford.

• William Penn was given the land that would become Pennsylvania by King Charles II in 1681 to satisfy a debt the king had with Penn’s father.


• No more than 16 women may live together under one roof, because that constitutes a brothel.

• It is illegal to discharge a firearm at a wedding in Pennsylvania.

• You may not catch a fish with your bare hands.

• A special cleaning ordinance bans homemakers from hiding dirt and dust under a rug in a dwelling.

• All fire hydrants must be checked one hour before all fires.

• It is illegal to sleep on top of a refrigerator outdoors.

• Philadelphia - you can't put pretzels in bags.

• Morrisville - It is required that a woman have a permit to wear cosmetics.

• Ridley Park - You cannot walk backwards eating peanuts in front of the Barnstormers Auditorium during a performance.

• Pittsburgh - you may not bring your mule or donkey onto a trolley car with you.


• Philadelphia - Mütter Museum - America's most famous museum of medical oddities is home to the remains of Albert Einstein's brain.

• Philadelphia - Cave of Kelpius - Where America's first doomsday cult awaited the end of the world.

• Philadelphia - Eastern State Penitentiary - World's first "penitentiary," meant to be humane, drove men insane.

• Wexford - Fountain of Youth - A stone arch leads to a cavernous 1930s spring house tucked away in the Pennsylvania woods.

• Windber - Windber Trolley Graveyard - Collection of trolley cars in the woods represent one man's attempt to preserve transportation history.