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Maryland State Fun Facts:
The great state of Maryland is known as the "Old Line State". The capital of Maryland is Annapolis, MD. The state bird is the Baltimore Oriole. The Maryland state flower is the Black Eyed Susan. Maryland is the birthplace of Babe Ruth, but another sports icon looms large over the sports landscape of Maryland. Cal Ripken Jr. broke Lou Gehrig’s consecutive games record on Sept. 6th, 1995 by playing his 2,131 straight games. Cal Ripken Jr. went on to play 2,632 consecutive major league baseball games and was a two time AL MVP and Hall of Famer. Maryland is the home state to such great athletes as Babe Ruth, Cal Ripken Jr., Jimmie Fox, Al Kaline, Lefty Grove, Gene Shue and Sugar Ray Leonard. The greatest athletes to ever live in or play for a college or pro team in Maryland include Cal Ripken Jr. and Johnny Unitas. Maryland’s major sports teams include the Baltimore Orioles and the Baltimore Ravens. Major college programs include University of Maryland Terrapins, United States Naval Academy Midshipmen, Towson University Tigers, Mount St. Mary’s Mountaineers and Johns Hopkins University Blue Jays. Maryland’s biggest Rivals include North Carolina, New York and Texas. Maryland’s biggest rivalries include Ravens vs. Redskins, Redskins vs. Cowboys, Maryland vs. Duke and Maryland vs. Johns Hopkins. The states major cities include Baltimore, MD, Annapolis, MD, Frederick, MD, Gaithersburg, MD and Towson, MD. The Maryland economy can be divided into two primary categories: Agriculture -- Seafood, poultry and eggs, dairy products, nursery stock, cattle, soybeans and corn. Industry -- Electric equipment, warehousing, food processing, chemical products, printing and publishing, transportation equipment, machinery, primary metals, coal and tourism. *Source: Sports Illustrated.