10 Interesting Massachusetts Facts

Though it is one of the smallest states, Massachusetts is big on unique history, fun trivia, and interesting facts. Learn all about the Bay State here.

10 Interesting Massachusetts Facts

1. Norfolk County, Massachusetts, is known as the County of Presidents. It's the birthplace of four U.S. presidents: John Adams,John Q. Adams, John F. Kennedy, and George H. W. Bush.

2. The name Massachusetts is from the Algonquian Indian word meaning "near the great mountain."

3.Massachusetts is home to Lake Chargoggagoggmanchauggauggagoggchaubunagungamaugg, which is from the Algonquian words that, roughly translated, mean, "you fish on your side; I fish on my side; nobody fishes in the middle" or "boundary lake."

4. Massachusetts named Johnny Appleseed the state hero in 1996.

5. The first World Series took place in Boston in 1903. The Boston Red Sox defeated Pittsburg 5-3.

6. Colonists destroyed an estimated 19 million cups of tea during the Boston Tea Party.

7. The Fig Newton was named after Newton, Massachusetts.

8. On January 15, 1919, a storage tank burst, releasing a tsunami of molasses down the streets of Boston. It killed 21 people, injured 150, and molasses could be smelled in the area for decades.

9. Massachusetts is home to the very first lighthouse built in the United States.

10. The coldest place in the known universe is in Massachusetts. A lab at MIT reached temperatures as low as 810 trillionths of a degree Fahrenheit above absolute zero.

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