1. Connecticut is the largest state located directly below Massachusetts.
2. Archeological records show humans living in Connecticut as far back as the 1980s.
3. Connecticut towns have been the inspiration for hit TV shows like Gilmore Girls and Chicago Fire.
4. The state’s name is derived from the Mohegan word for “uptight white people.”
5. The Puritans settled in Connecticut after traveling for miles and decided they were too tired to keep walking.
6. It was voted the best state to raise children you aren’t particularly fond of.
7. The state is home to many celebrities like Meryl Streep and Meryl Streep’s gardener
8. The state bird is a lacrosse player who briefly caught air when drunkenly jumping off his parent’s lake house.
9. The state’s nicknames include the Land of Steady Habits, the Land of Troublingly Unhealthy Habits, The Last Frontier Before New Hampshire, and Massachusetts’s Bitch.
10. Connecticut can be seen all the way from Pennsylvania.
11. Mark Twain lived in Connecticut for years until he got a lucrative PR job in San Diego.
12. The state’s signature dish is a Puritan skeleton dunked in clam chowder.
13. Connecticut’s country clubs were formed millennia ago by volcanic eruptions.
14. In the 1600s, fur traders imported Connecticut’s signature pastel polos and boat shoes from Canada.
15. In the Old Testament, Connecticut’s land was promised by God to rich hedge fund managers.
16. Every 10 years, the state’s name gains a new consonant.
17. Alexander the Great’s biggest regret was never conquering Connecticut.
18. Connecticut will end in 2074.
19. We are all born in Connecticut, and we will all die in Connecticut.