Florida at a Glance from A to Z
Florida features a record presidential election, space shuttle links, and historic ties to Spain. It holds large farm output including oranges and grapefruit, leads in orange juice, and hosts Walt Disney World and Everglades National Park. The state has extensive shoreline and a fragile Everglades ecosystem facing growth pressures.
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Juan Ponce de Leon
la Florida
Land of Flowers
Hawaii
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Everglades National Park
Keys
Gulf
Meet Lou Bega
Lou Bega, born David Loubega in Munich, is a German singer best known for Mambo No. 5 at age 25. He has Ugandan and Sicilian heritage, grew up listening to soul and reggae, first performed at 16, and has lived in Africa Italy and Miami before settling in Germany.
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Florida in Brief: History, Wildlife, and Industry
The text outlines Florida as bordered by the Gulf to the west and the Atlantic to the east, notes Seminole resistance to removal, and mentions many fleeing into swamps. It highlights phosphate mining, Sea World near Orlando, Tallahassee as the capital, the 1824 log cabin legislature, sunken treasure near Vero Beach, scuba treasure hunting, and iconic wildlife such as the manatee, alligator, armadillo, and the Florida panther as the state animal.
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Jae
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Alpha Mouse
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U. of Wisconsin
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Florida Waters
Earth
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President Theodore Roosevelt
Pelican Island
Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings
Betty Debnam
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Anne Chamberlain
Lucy Lien
Wendy Daley
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