{"id":7338,"date":"2019-08-19T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-08-19T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/america.guide\/top-things-about-florida"},"modified":"2019-08-19T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2019-08-19T00:00:00","slug":"top-things-about-florida","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thisamericandream.com\/top-things-about-florida\/","title":{"rendered":"Top 10 things you didn\u2019t know about Florida"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/4&#8243;][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h1>Top things about Florida you should know about are the following:<\/h1>\n<ol>\n<li>\n<h3>First ATM<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>In 1996, first-ever ATM was installed in Citibank on <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Washington_Avenue_(Houston,_Texas)\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Washington Avenue<\/a>, Miami for rollerbladers.<\/p>\n<ol start=\"2\">\n<li>\n<h3>Shark Tooth Capital!<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Shark teeth from a variety of species are found from Venice Beach in Florida. Shark tooth hunters scavenge for the fossiled teeth all over the rock formations. Venice is, thus, known as the \u2018Shark Tooth Capital.\u2019<\/p>\n<ol start=\"3\">\n<li>\n<h3>Everglades National Park<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Ever heard of alligators and crocodiles living together? Well, Florida has made that come true. Everglades National Park in Florida is the only place n the world where crocodiles and alligators coexist. Although these crocodilians prefer different living environment, it\u2019s amazing they live together in Florida!<\/p>\n<ol start=\"4\">\n<li>\n<h3>Largest City<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Centred on the banks of St. Johns River, Jacksonville in Florida is the largest city by area in the contiguous United States. It is also the most populous city in southeastern <a href=\"https:\/\/localhost\/demo2\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">America<\/a>.<\/p>\n<ol start=\"5\">\n<li>\n<h3>World\u2019s Largest Strawberry Shortcake<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>In 1999, Plant City, the Winter Strawberry Capital of the World, secured its position in the Guinness World Records for producing the world\u2019s largest strawberry shortcake. Created in McCall Park, the cake weighed 6000 pounds and covered 827 square-foot area.<\/p>\n<ol start=\"6\">\n<li>\n<h3>GATORADE!<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>The famous sports-themed beverage, Gatorade, was originally named for University of Florida Gators. The drink was developed in 1965 by a team of researchers led by Robert Cade.<\/p>\n<ol start=\"7\">\n<li>\n<h3>Oldest City in the <a href=\"https:\/\/thisamericandream.com\/\">USA<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Gearing up for its 450th birthday bash, St. Augustine in Florida is the oldest city in the United States. On September 8, 1565, the city was founded by Spanish explorers. St. Augustine\u2019s birthday celebrations will now begin from September 3rd.<\/p>\n<ol start=\"8\">\n<li>\n<h3>Do not disturb Manatees!<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Florida\u2019s Manatee Sanctuary Act prohibits harassing, molesting, disturbing, or even hugging a manatee. A Florida father was once arrested after he posted pictures of his daughters playing with a manatee, on Facebook!<\/p>\n<ol start=\"9\">\n<li>\n<h3>Mozart Effect<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Law to play classical music for an hour in daycare centres, daily, was passed in 1998, in Florida. The bill originated from the hype created by \u2018Mozart Effect\u2019 in the 1990s \u2013 listening to Mozart would boost children\u2019s intelligence. Although the hypothesis was supported then, yet later it was revealed that the music alone wasn\u2019t much of a help.<\/p>\n<ol start=\"10\">\n<li>\n<h3>First Underwater Park in the US<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>John Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park in Key Largo, Florida, was made in an effort to conserve Florida\u2019s living barrier reef. Since the 1960s, it offers visitors to swim, kayak, and scuba dive. It also has the famous Christ of the Abyss Statue; a 40.000 bronze statue of Jesus Christ at the bottom of the ocean.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/4&#8243;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/4&#8243;][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_column_text] Top things about Florida you should know about are the following: First ATM In 1996, first-ever ATM was&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":7412,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thisamericandream.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7338"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thisamericandream.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thisamericandream.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thisamericandream.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thisamericandream.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7338"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thisamericandream.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7338\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thisamericandream.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7412"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thisamericandream.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7338"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thisamericandream.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7338"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thisamericandream.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7338"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}