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Actress-singer Polly Bergen, from Knoxville, Tennessee is the first woman to serve on the Board of Directors of the Singer Sewing Machine Company. |
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The Tennessee Aquarium is the largest facility of its kind to focus on fresh water habitat. It features 7,000 animals and 300 species of fish, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and mammals. |
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When Tennessee became a state in 1796, the total population was 77,000. |
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