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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The first Intercollegiate Basketball game was played in Minnesota on February 9,1895.
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The Mall of America in Bloomington, Minnesota is the size of 78 football fields --- 9.5 million square feet.