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10 CRAZY (BUT TRUE) FACTS ABOUT THE IOWA STATE FAIR
Last year in our August newsletter, we introduced you to the Iowa State Fair — an annual shindig famous for its patriotism, politics, food on a stick, and 600-pound cow carved out of butter (yes, really!). This year, the fair will run from Aug. 12–22, and in its honor, we thought we’d share a few more crazy-but-true facts about it. 1. Over the years, ISF has buried two time capsules at the fairgrounds. The first was buried in 1954 and will be unearthed in 2056. The next went into the ground in 1986 to commemorate the fairgrounds’ 100th birthday and will be opened in 2086! 2. The ISF features more than 60 foods on a stick, including jalapeno corn dogs and chocolate-covered frozen s’mores. 3. The first ISF was held in 1854 — 20 years before America’s great westward movement started. 4. Back in 1929, Iowa kids sent in nearly $1,000 in coins to raise money for ISF’s very own baby elephant . The elephant was named Baby Mine, and 25,000 children greeted him at the fairgrounds when he arrived! 5. The budget for the very first ISF was only $323 . 6. The ISF has published its very own cookbooks of prize-winning recipes since 1983. Now, one is released every other year. You can order the 20th-edition cookbook (published in 2020) at BlueRibbonFoundation.org. 7. The fair is famous for weighing all kinds of animals during competition. The heaviest-ever pigeon weighed in at 2 pounds and 7 ounces in 2014! 8. Back in the day, ISF used to entertain people by crashing full-size trains into each other. They did this in 1896, 1922, and 1932. 9. Nine presidents have walked the aisles of the ISF, including President Joe Biden (he was partial to the ice cream). 10. The butter used to sculpt the butter cow is frozen and stored between fairs. The same butter can be used up to 10 years in a row. The moral of this story? Don’t lick the cow!
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How many of these fun facts did you know? If you’d already heard all 10, congratulations — you’re either a real Iowan or an honorary Iowan at heart.
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