10 Beautiful North Carolina Facts

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10 Beautiful North Carolina Facts

From Roanoke Island to Kitty Hawk, North Carolina is full of interesting history and stories. Learn all about the 12th U.S. state with our North Carolina facts.

1. The unique shade of the North Carolina skies is known to locals as “Carolina blue."

2. Although North Carolina’s production of wine was brought to almost a standstill during Prohibition, there are now around 400 vineyards and over 200 wineries in the state.

3. North Carolina’s Roanoke Island is famous for the mystery of its first colonists, who went missing without a trace sometime before 1590.

4. Due to the forests that cover almost 60% of the state, North Carolina is one of the largest furniture producers in the UnitedStates.

5. The famous pirate Blackbeard made his home in North Carolina in the early 1700s.

6. North Carolina was the first place in North America that enslaved Africans were brought to by their European captors.

7. It's illegal in North Carolina to enter a government building wearing a costume or mask.

8. North Carolina’s license plates usually carry the motto “First in Flight,” a reference to the Wright brothers’ first flight at Kitty Hawk. Their state quarters say "First Flight."

9. Once one of North Carolina's major industries, their tobacco economy has shrunk due to lower smoking rates worldwide.

10. Two of the accents of residents of North Carolina were voted as being among the 50 most sexy accents in the United States.

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