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Population: 9,500,000
Entertainment: rock climbing, the beach, hiking, skiing, camping, canoeing, spelunking, bike trails
Sports: Charlotte Bobcats, Carolina Panthers, Carolina Hurricanes, NASCAR
Famous Former Natives: Michael Jordan, Richard Petty, Dale Earnhardt, Ben Folds, Andrew Johnson, Zach Galifianakis, Andy Griffith, Jermaine Dupri, Nicholas Sparks, Ryan Zimmerman
Home to: Lowes, Great Smoky Mountains, Krispy Kreme, Fort Bragg, the Biltmore Estate
Random Facts: the state was the site of the first successful controlled, powered and sustained heavier-than-air flight by the Wright brothers near Kitty Hawk in 1903; the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill was the first public university in the United States in 1795; Pepsi-Cola was first produced in 1898 in New Bern; Asheville was recently named “Beer City USA”; most experts believe the name “Tar Heel” got its roots from the fact that tar, pitch and turpentine created from the vast pine forests were one of North Carolina's most important exports early in the state's history
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