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A hailstone weighing more than one and a half pounds once fell on Coffeyville, Kansas. |
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Silent comedian Buster Keaton, of early film success, was from Piqua, Kansas. |
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The Arkansas River may be the only river whose pronunciation changes as it crosses state lines. In Kansas, it is called the Arkansas (ahr-KAN-zuhs). On both sides of Kansas (Colorado and Oklahoma), it is called the Arkansaw. |
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