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| North Carolina Facts |
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North Carolina leads the nation in furniture, tobacco, brick, and textile production. |
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North Carolina is the largest producer of sweet potatoes in the nation. Students at a Wilson County school petitioned the North Carolina General Assembly for the establishment of the sweet potato as the official state vegetable. |
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Hiram Rhoades Revels, born in Fayetteville, North Carolina in 1822, was the first African-American member of the United States Congress. |
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