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| Missouri Facts |
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Missouri ties with Tennessee as the most neighborly state in the union, bordered by 8 states. |
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Saint Louis University received a formal charter from the state of Missouri in 1832, making it the oldest University west of the Mississippi. |
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The most powerful earthquake to strike the United States occurred in 1811, centered in New Madrid, Missouri. The quake shook more than one million square miles, and was felt as far as 1,000 miles away. |
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