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• Yellowstone has more than half of the world’s geysers and other geothermal features like hot springs, mudpots, and fumaroles.

• There are reportedly only two escalators in the entire state, and both are located in the town of Casper.

• The mythical creature known as the jackalope was "born" in the 1930s when, in Douglas, Wyoming, Douglas Herrick and his brother Ralph decided to add antlers to a dead jackrabbit they had taxidermied.

• Wyoming has only one telephone area code throughout the entire state: 307.

• With only 576,850 residents, Wyoming is the least populous state in the nation.

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• It’s illegal to wear a hat in such a way that it obstructs views in a place of amusement or in a public theater.

• Junk dealers are prohibited from transacting business with drunk persons.

• Being intoxicated inside a mine could land you in jail for up to a year.

• Scouting for wildlife with drones during hunting season is now illegal in the state of Wyoming.

• Photographing pollution is illegal in Wyoming.

• Any person who fails to close a gate is subject to a fine of up to $750.

• It's illegal for women to stand within five feet of a bar while drinking.

• Cheyenne Citizens may not take showers on Wednesdays.

• In Wyoming it is illegal to tattoo a horse with the intent of making it unrecognizable to its owner.

• You may not take a picture of a rabbit from January to April without an official permit.

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• Cheyenne - Quebec 01 Missile Alert Facility - The only retired U.S. nuclear missile silo that is open to the public.

• Casper - Hell's Half Acre, Wyoming - Devilish landscape, once cinema home to giant alien bugs, now derelict roadside attraction.

• Lovell - Bighorn Medicine Wheel - Native Americans built this circle of stones, which was used to predict astronomical events.

• Cody - Smith Mansion - One man's ambition created this psychedelic log home.

•  Devils Tower - The first declared National Monument in the United States.

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