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| Missouri Facts |
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The tallest man in documented medical history was Robert Pershing Wadlow from St. Louis, Missouri. He was 8 feet, 11.1 inches tall. |
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The first successful parachute jump to be made from a moving airplane was made by Captain Berry at St. Louis, Missouri, in 1912. |
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The Missouri state insect is the honey bee. |
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