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frvta.org | 129 FloridaFACTSThe Florida Reef is the only living coral barrier reef in the continental United States.The%u00a0Kennedy Space%u00a0Center is an active space center. It still launches rockets!Crystal River%u00a0is the only place in North America where it is legal to have a supervised swim with wild manatees.Florida enjoys two time zones.Gulf County, is the only county that utilizes both the Eastern and Central Time Zones.Spring training baseball%u00a0has been a Florida pastime for more than 100 years. No matter where you are in Florida you are never more than 60 miles from the ocean.A section of US 441in Alachua County was named Tom Petty Memorial Highway.Key West has the highest recorded average temperaturein the United States.Key Largo, on the Florida Keys is known as the Dive Capital of the World.Florida is considered the lightning capital of the United States Flamingos weren%u2019t considered native to Florida until 2018.Tampa's Clearwater Beach is recorded in the Guinness Book of World Records for having the\ days of sunshine.%u201dThe first suntan lotionwas invented by Miami Beach pharmacist, Benjamin Green in 1944.Gatoradewas named after the University of Florida Gators where the drink was first developed.Florida has 60+ commercial wineriesthat produce both Vinifera and native Muscadine wines.It is the only place on earth where alligators and crocodiles co-exist in the same habitat.Golfers love Florida. Florida has more golf courses than any other state in the country. State Road A1Awas renamed the Jimmy Bu%u0089ett Memorial Highway.Florida produces about 75% of the U.S. oranges and accounts for about 40% of the world's orange juice supply.Key West has more bars per capita than any other place in the country.Florida%u2019s%u00a0Kissimmee Prairie Preserve State Park%u00a0is the only state park certified by the%u00a0International Dark-SkyAssociation.Plant City is known as the Strawberry Capital of the World, hosting an annual Strawberry Festival.Siesta Key beach won an award in 1987 for having the finest whitest beach sand in the world. It is 99% pure quartz crystal and is therefore cool tothe feet.