Starbucks, the biggest coffee chain in the world was founded in Seattle, Washington.
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Washington's state insect is the Green Darner Dragonfly.
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Tacoma was officially incorporated on November 12, 1875. Its early hopes to live to be the "City of Destiny" were frustrated in the late 19th century, when the discovery of gold in the Klondike turned Seattle into a boom town, eclipsing Tacoma's early lead.