Cool but obscure facts about your state

[Jeff Lebowski]

The education gap leads to the wage disparity. How many of us in Utah know a single mom working as a professional inside the state? If women get a divorce in Utah, oftentimes they're screwed because the education is often lacking (not particularly their fault, the culture doesn't promote that they anything beyond a BS or BA, if that).

It would be interesting to see some data on that. Like other places in the country, Utah universities (especially BYU) are witnessing a growing imbalance with more female than male students.

You are probably right about professional degrees, however.

[Blueintheface]

Missouri has more caves than any other state.

Missouri had more Civil War battles fought within its borders than any other state.

The Show Me State is not Missouri's official motto, and its origin is not known. [1]

[1] http://www.sos.mo.gov/archives/history/slogan.asp

We visited Wilson's Creek last year. I learned that the first General to die in battle, on either side, died during this battle. Knowledge is power!

[Color Me Badd Fan]

It would be interesting to see some data on that. Like other places in the country, Utah universities (especially BYU) are witnessing a growing imbalance with more female than male students.

You are probably right about professional degrees, however.

The problem is that everyone and their dog has a BA or BS at this point. Education is encouraged after high school but that encouragement basically stops when the girl gets married.

I told the story a three years ago about the girl graduating from high school from my wife's hometown that got into Stanford but chose to go to BYU. She was going to major either in Math or some variety of Engineering.

She got married the summer after her freshman year and now has a kid. Hopefully she's at least taking independent study courses.

[Swimmer]

Check Snopes my friend

The Texas flag can fly right next to the American flag (it doesn't need to be lower).

Sorry, but the flag of Texas holds no such distinction from other state flags. In certain situations, any flag, of any state can fly at the same height as the US flag. There is no special rule for Texas.

[BYUMizzou]

Missouri has more caves than any other state.

Missouri had more Civil War battles fought within its borders than any other state.

The Show Me State is not Missouri's official motto, and its origin is not known. [1]

[1] http://www.sos.mo.gov/archives/history/slogan.asp

Also, in St. Louis, it is illegal to sit on the curb of any city street and drink beer from a bucket. St. Louis City ordinances also still prohibits a milkman from running while on duty.

In various communities in Missouri it is a crime to feed intoxicating substances to an elephant

[Uncle Ted]

Sorry, but the flag of Texas holds no such distinction from other state flags. In certain situations, any flag, of any state can fly at the same height as the US flag. There is no special rule for Texas.

True: http://www.snopes.com/history/american/texasflag.asp

Cool but Obscure Fact about Texas: People and many state government offices in Texas still fly the state flag the same height as the US flag and don't give a rat's ass what the federal government thinks.

[marsupial]

The wage gap between men and women in Utah is the third worst in the entire country.....trailing only Louisiana and Wyoming in inequitable pay.

In other good news, Utah has the worst disparity between the number of men and the number of women earning bachelor's degrees or higher.

http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/money/53924753-79/women-paid-gap-cents.html.csp

It's good to be a gal in Utah!

I am guessing that Mississippi is closer to Louisiana than it is to Vermont on this list. At least we're not 50th in something.

[Paperback Writer]

The problem is that everyone and their dog has a BA or BS at this point. Education is encouraged after high school but that encouragement basically stops when the girl gets married.

I told the story a three years ago about the girl graduating from high school from my wife's hometown that got into Stanford but chose to go to BYU. She was going to major either in Math or some variety of Engineering.

She got married the summer after her freshman year and now has a kid. Hopefully she's at least taking independent study courses.

Typically, it's not getting married that stops a female's education, it's motherhood. Although, I met a few former female students who dropped out of BYU to work full-time to support their husband's education. I was fortunate to have in-laws who continued to financially support their daughter's education after we married.