The Kellogg Company has made Battle Creek, Michigan the Cereal Capital of the World. The Kellogg brothers accidentally discovered the process for producing flaked cereal products and sparked the beginning of the dry cereal industry.
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Michigan includes 56,954 square miles of land area; 1,194 square miles of inland waters; and 38,575 square miles of Great Lakes water area.
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Michigan was the first state to provide in its Constitution for the establishment of public libraries.