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Minnesota Fun Facts

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  • The Metrodome is the only sports venue where there has been a Super Bowl, a World Series, and an NCAA Final Four Basketball Championship.
  • During the winter of 1888, residents of St. Paul built an ice palace that was considered one of the largest buildings in the world, measuring 14 stories high and covering an acre of land.
  • The Mall of America in Bloomington is over 9.5 million square feet in size and showcases 500 specialty stores, 50 restaurants, 7 nightclubs and 14 movie theaters.
  • Because of its thousands of lakes, Minnesota has 90,000 miles of shoreline which is

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