The largest snowflake ever observed was 38 cm wide and was recorded in Montana on January 28, 1887. That's just darn near 15 inches!
Montana holds the world record for the greatest temperature change in a 24-hour period. On January 14-15, 1972, the temperature went from -54 F to +49 F in Loma, Montana. That's a whopping 103 degrees!
(This is a good one:) It is illegal to have a sheep in the cab of your truck without a chaperone. (eeww! ickky!!)
In Montana, it is illegal for married women to go fishing alone on Sundays, and illegal for unmarried women to fish alone at all.
The Montana Yogo Sapphire is the only North American gem to be included in the Crown Jewels of England.
It is a misdemeanor to show movies in Montana that depict acts of a felonious crime. (Now why do I think that one's not enforced??)
No state in the U.S. has as many different species of mammals as Montana.
The average square mile of land in Montana contains 1.4 elk, 1.4 pronghorn antelope, and 3.3 deer (minus one deer that I know of!)
Montana is the fourth largest state in the U.S. but is 44th in (human) population. The elk, deer and antelope populations outnumber the humans.
In Helena, Montana the law states that a woman cannot dance on a saloon table unless her clothing weighs more the 3 lbs 2 oz. (???)
In Fort Benton, Montana a cowboy once insisted on riding his horse to his room in the Grand Union Hotel. When the manager objected, they exchanged gunfire. The horseman was killed before reaching the top of the stairs. Fourteen .44 caliber slugs were later dug out of his body.
Well, I can't say that I knew all of that, either!
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