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| Mississippi Facts |
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Leontyne Price of Laurel, Mississippi performed with the New York Metropolitan Opera. |
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Elvis Presley was born in Tupelo, Mississippi, on January 8, 1935. |
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The oldest game in America is stickball. The Choctaw Indians of Mississippi played the game. Demonstrations can be seen every July at the Choctaw Indian Fair in Philadelphia. |
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