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| Mississippi Facts |
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David Harrison of Columbus, Mississippi owns the patent on the Soft Toilet Seat. Over 1,000,000 are sold every year. |
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The International Checkers Hall of Fame is in Petal, Mississippi. |
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Mississippi suffered the largest percentage of people who died in the Civil War of any Confederate State. 78,000 Mississippians entered the Confederate military. By the end of the war 59,000 were either dead or wounded. |
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