Just in case  ya didn’t know…              yaa, yo-bet-sha…It’s true
Minnesota  became the 32nd state on May 11, 1858 and was originally settled by a lost  tribe of Norwegians seeking refuge from the searing heat of Wisconsin ‘s  winters.
Minnesota gets  it’s name from the Sioux Indian word “mah-nee-soo-tah,” meaning, “No,  really…  They eat fish soaked in lye.”

The state song  of Minnesota is “Someday the Vikings will…  Aw, never  mind.”
The Mall of  America in Bloomington , Minnesota covers 9.5 million square feet and has  enough space to hold 185,000 idiot teenagers yapping away on cell  phones.
Madison, Minnesota is known as “the lutefisk capital of the world.” Avoid this city  at all costs.

“The Mary  Tyler Moore Show”  was set in Minneapolis , Minnesota , and was  Mary’s first real acting job since leaving the “Dick van Dyke Show.   The show about a single woman’s struggle to find happiness in the big city  was originally titled “Life Without Dick,” but that was changed for some  reason.

Downtown  Minneapolis has an enclosed skyway system covering 52 blocks, allowing  people to live, work, eat, and sleep without ever going outside.  The  only downside to this is that a Norwegian occasionally turns up  missing.

Cartoonist  Charles M. Shultz was born in Minneapolis , Minnesota and grew up in  St.  Paul.  He was the only artist to accurately depict the  perfectly circular heads of Minnesota natives.

The Hormel  Company of Austin , Minnesota produces 6 million cans of Spam a year, even  though no one actually eats it.  Spam is a prized food in Japan &  Hawaii–Spam sushi!!

Minnesota  license plates are blue & white and contain the phrase “Blizzards on  the 4th of July – you get used to it.”

Frank C. Mars,  founder of the Mars Candy Co. was born in Newport, Minnesota . His 3  Musketeers candy bar originally contained three bars in one wrapper, each  filled with a different flavor of nougat -chocolate, Spam and  lutefisk.

Tonka trucks  continue to be manufactured in Minnetonka, Minnesota, despite the  thousands of GI Joe dolls killed by them annually in rollover  accidents.  No airbags, no seat belts.  These things are  deathtraps, I tell ya!

Author Laura  Ingalls Wilder was raised at Walnut Grove, Minnesota, and was famous for  writing the “Little House” series of books, as well as inventing the “Spam  diet” which consists of looking at a plate of Spam until you lose your  appetite.  Much like the “lutefisk diet”.

The snowmobile  was invented in Roseau , Minnesota so as to allow families a means of  attending 4th of July picnics

Minnesotans  are almost indistinguishable from Wisconsinites.  The only way to  tell them apart is to ask if they voted for Mondale in  ’84.

 Now…   it’s up to you to forward this to all your friends If one of them does not  forward it to others, he/she will be given an entrance pin to attend the  Eelpout Festival in Walker, MN….in  February —

Cold is a  relative thing ya know….

At 65 degrees,  Arizonans turn on the heat. People in Minnesota plant gardens.
At 60,  Californians shiver uncontrollably. People in Minnesota sunbathe.
At  50, Italian & English cars won’t start. People in Minnesota drive with  the windows down..
At 40, Georgians don coats, thermal  underwear, gloves, wool hats. People in Minnesota throw on a flannel  shirt.
At 35, New  York landlords finally turn up the heat. People in Minnesota have the last  cookout before it gets cold.
At 20,  People in Miami all die. Minnesotans close their windows.
At 0,  Californians fly away to Mexico . People in Minnesota get out their winter  coats.
At 10  below zero, Hollywood disintegrates. The Girl Scouts in Minnesota are  selling cookies door to door.
At 20  below, Washington DC runs out of hot air. (Ya think? —Nah.). People in  Minnesota let their dogs sleep indoors.
At 30  below, Santa Claus abandons the North  Pole. Minnesotans get upset because they can’t start the snowmobile.
At 40 below, ALL atomic motion stops. People in Minnesota start  saying…”Cold enough for ya, eh?”
At 50  below, hell freezes over. Minnesota public schools will open 2 hours late