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| Missouri Facts |
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The Missouri state insect is the honey bee. |
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Saint Louis University received a formal charter from the state of Missouri in 1832, making it the oldest University west of the Mississippi. |
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During Abraham Lincoln's campaign for the presidency, a dyed-in-the-wool Democrat named Valentine Tapley from Pike County, Missouri, swore that he would never shave again if Abe were elected. |
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