Nebraska Trivia

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The second-largest Powerball payout was on February 6, 2006. It was $365 million and was split 8 ways by workers from a Lincoln food plant operated by ConAgra.

Nebraska claims to have more miles of river than any other state.

Kool-Aid was created in 1927 by Edwin Perkins in the city of Hastings; it is the official soft drink of Nebraska. [6]

CliffsNotes were invented in Rising City, Nebraska by Clifton Hillegass. His pamphlets were based off of the original Canadian idea, "Coles Notes."

The world's largest train yard, Union Pacific's Bailey Yard, is located in North Platte.

The Vise-Grip was invented and is still manufactured in De Witt.

Arbor Day was founded by J. Sterling Morton. The National Arbor Day Foundation has its headquarters near his home in Nebraska City.

The swing in the Hebron, Nebraska city park at 5th and Jefferson streets is claimed to be the world's largest porch swing, long enough to fit 18 adults or 24 children.

Memorial Stadium on the University of Nebraska campus in Lincoln holds over 85,000 people. During football games, it holds more people than Bellevue, the third-most populous city in the state.