North Carolina was the first state in the nation to establish a state museum of art.
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The University of North Carolina's mascot, the Tarheels, is a nickname for North Carolinians that supposedly came from the days when NC produced a lot of tar, and someone saw a set of footprints made by someone who had stepped in the tar.
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Krispy Kreme Doughnut was founded in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.