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[USKINGS] Top 100 United States constant record – P44 – Alan Bartlett Shepard Jr. (New Hampshire) : The First American in space

A graduate of the United States Naval Academy at Annapolis, Shepard saw action with the surface navy during World War II. He became a...

[USKINGS] Top 100 United States constant record – P43 – Chuck Yeager (Virginia) : The first American pilot to fly faster than the speed...

Charles Elwood Yeager (February 13, 1923 – December 7, 2020) was a United States Air Force officer, flying ace, and record-setting test pilot who...

[USKINGS] Top 100 United States constant record – P42 – Monitor National Marine Sanctuary (North Carolina) : The first national marine sanctuary ever designated...

Monitor National Marine Sanctuary is the site of the wreck of the USS Monitor, one of the most famous shipwrecks in U.S. history. It...

[USKINGS] Top 100 United States constant record – P41 – Seven States (Georgia) : The only place in the United States where visitors can...

There are few places in America where the elevation change takes you high enough and the surrounding terrain is low enough where you can...

[USKINGS] Top 100 United States constant record – P40 – Waymo One (California) : The First Commercial Self-Driving Taxis in the United States

Waymo LLC is an American autonomous driving technology development company. It is a subsidiary of Alphabet Inc, the parent company of Google. Waymo operates...

[USKINGS] Top 100 United States constant record – P39 – Spaceport America (New Mexico) : The first purpose-built commercial spaceport in the United States

Spaceport America, formerly the Southwest Regional Spaceport, is an FAA-licensed spaceport located on 18,000 acres (7,300 ha) of State Trust Land in the Jornada...

[USKINGS] Top 100 United States constant record – P38 – Hard Rock (Florida) : The first guitar-shaped hotel in the United States

The 34-story guitar towers 450 ft (137 m) into the South Florida skyline, taking on the familiar form of the instrument, complete with six...

[USKINGS] Top 100 United States constant record – P37 – Hells Canyon (Idaho and Oregon) : The deepest canyon in the United States

Hells Canyon is a ten-mile-wide (16 km) canyon in the western United States, located along the border of eastern Oregon, a small section of...

[USKINGS] Top 100 United States constant record – P35 – Baltimore College of Dental Surgery (Maryland) : The first dental college in the United...

The University of Maryland School of Dentistry is the dental school of the University System of Maryland. It was founded as an independent institution,...

[USKINGS] Top 100 United States constant record – P34 – Tongass National Forest (Alaska) : The largest National Forest in the United States

The Tongass National Forest in Southeast Alaska is the largest U.S. National Forest at 16.7 million acres (6,800,000 ha; 68,000 km2). Most of its...

[USKINGS] Top 100 United States constant record – P32 – InWith Corporation (California) : The company unveils the first soft electronic contact lens in...

For those unaware, InWith Corporation specializes in Ophthalmic and MEMS (Microelectronic Mechanical Systems) technologies. According to InWith, an electronic contact lens platform designed for the...

[USKINGS] Top 100 United States constant record – P31 – Bering Glacier (Alaska) : The largest glacier in the United States

Bering Glacier is a glacier in the U.S. state of Alaska. It currently terminates in Vitus Lake south of Alaska's Wrangell-St. Elias National Park,...

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Lowcountry Oyster Festival (Texas): The largest annual oyster festival in the United States

The Lowcountry Oyster Festival is a yearly pilgrimage for seafood lovers, particularly oyster enthusiasts. Held at Boone Hall Plantation in Mount Pleasant, South Carolina,...

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Genetic Studies of Genius (California): The oldest and longest-running longitudinal study in the field of psychology in the Americas

The Genetic Studies of Genius study, begun by Lewis Terman in 1921, is the longest-running continuous psychological investigation. Recruitment through 1928 yielded a final...