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| Minnesota Facts |
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The world's largest pelican stands at the base of the Mill Pond dam on the Pelican River, right in downtown Pelican Rapids, Minnesota. The 15 1/2 feet tall concrete statue was built in 1957. |
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Minnesota's waters flow outward in three directions: north to Hudson Bay in Canada, east to the Atlantic Ocean, and south to the Gulf of Mexico. |
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Private Milburn Henke of Hutchinson, Minnesota was the first enlisted man to land with the first American Expeditionary Force in Europe in WWII on January 26, 1942. |
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