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| Minnesota Facts |
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Candy maker Frank C. Mars of Minnesota introduced the Milky Way candy bar in 1923. Mars marketed the Snickers bar in 1930 and introduced the 5 cent Three Musketeers bar in 1937. The original 3 Musketeers bar contained 3 bars in one wrapper. |
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Akeley, Minnesota is birthplace and home of world's largest Paul Bunyan Statue. The kneeling Paul Bunyan is 20 feet tall. He might be the claimed 33 feet tall, if he were standing. |
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The climate-controlled Metrodome in Minnesota is the only facility in the country to host a Super Bowl, a World Series and a NCAA Final Four Basketball Championship. |
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