1. Baseball was practically born in Indiana – Fort Wayne, to be exact. The very first professional game had occurred in the town on May 4, 1871.
2. We wouldn't be able to pump gas into our cars if it wasn't for Syvanus F. Bower over in Fort Wayne, IN. He was the inventor of the world's first real gasoline pump.
3. Look at that Coca-Cola bottle you're drinking out of and know that Terre Haute, IN, is responsible for its design.
4. 27. Indiana's home to the "world's largest Christmas tree." If you're skeptical at that, just know that this gigantic tree called the Circle of Lights in Indianapolis sports an astonishing 52 strands of garland and a total of 4,784 lights. The tree has held that honor since 1962.
5. The famous explorers Lewis and Clark would've never explored the great frontier of the Northwest Territory if they hadn't started somewhere. They started right in Fort Vincennes in Indiana.