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| Minnesota Facts |
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The first Automatic Pop-up toaster was marketed in June 1926 by McGraw Electric Co. in Minneapolis, Minnesota under the name Toastmaster. The retail price was $13.50. |
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For many years, the world's largest twine ball has sat in Darwin, Minnesota. It weighs 17,400 pounds, is twelve feet in diameter, and was the creation of Francis A. Johnson. |
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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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