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| Indiana Facts |
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The first European known to have visited Indiana was French Explorer Rene'-Robert Cavalier sierur de La Salle, in 1679. After LaSalle and others explored the Great Lakes region, the land was claimed for New France, a nation based in Canada. |
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Deep below the earth in Southern Indiana is a sea of limestone that is one of the richest deposits of top-quality limestone found anywhere on earth. New York City's Empire State Building and Rockefeller Center as well as the Pentagon and the U.S. Treasury are built from limestone. |
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David Letterman, host of television's "Late Show with David Letterman," was born April 12, 1947, in Indianapolis, Indiana. |
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