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| Massachusetts Facts |
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During the industrial revolution, the Merimack river as well as a complex canal system helped fuel the textile mills that helped to propel the city as a world leader in cotton and woolen in the early twentieth century. |
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The population of Worcester, MA is approximately 200,000 people. |
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The official state dessert of Massachusetts is Boston cream pie. |
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