North Carolina
About North Carolina
North Carolina is a state in the Southeastern and South Atlantic regions of the United States. It is bordered by Virginia to the north, the Atlantic Ocean to the east, South Carolina to the south, Georgia to the southwest, and Tennessee to the west. The state is the 28th-largest and ninth-most populous of the United States. Along with South Carolina, it makes up the Carolinas region of the East Coast. At the 2020 census, the state had a population of 10,439,388. Raleigh is the state's capital and Charlotte is its most populous and one of the fastest growing cities in the United States. The Charlotte metropolitan area, with an estimated population of 2,883,370 in 2024, is the most populous metropolitan area in North Carolina, the 21st-most populous in the United States, and the largest banking center in the nation after New York City. The Research Triangle, with an estimated population of 2,368,947 in 2023, is the second-most populous combined metropolitan area in the state, 31st-most populous in the United States, and is home to the largest research park in the United States, Research Triangle Park.
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The reason it's called Hiddenite is because it was discovered by a geologist called William Earl Hidden. He was actually there in North Carolina in 1879 looking for platinum. He'd been sent by Thomas Edison, who wanted to do some ship with platinum. He didn't find any.
from No Such Thing As A Ping Pong Ballbag, 2021-06-25 at 00:25:49 · read transcript
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It had been used as a doorstop for nine years until the owner looked a bit closer. A bronze-age dagger that was worth $50,000. In 1802, a lump of gold had been used as a doorstop for three years until a jeweller who was visiting this house saw it, and it sparked America's very first gold rush, so in North Carolina. Finally, a can of tinned veal that was left in the Arctic by William Parry, the Explorer, in 1825.
No Such Thing As A Worthless Doorstop, 2018-06-29 · listen
Because you need a permit to buy and sell endangered animals. In America, zoos are allowed to barter their creatures. In 2014, there was. an aquarium in Boston that needed some fish and North Carolina's aquarium had some of those fish. North Carolina wanted jellyfish and snipefish in exchange for the fish that they were going to give to Boston. The Boston people didn't have snipefish.
No Such Thing As Oceans Eleven with Puffins, 2023-09-21 · listen
My friend's granny was actually robbed recently and they left an apology note saying, sorry for stealing your stuff. There was one, there was a really nice story this year in February in North Carolina where someone who worked in a salon came to the salon the next day and it was clear someone had broken in but couldn't find that anything had been taken. Then she found a note that said, as they left your salon with all the stuff I'd stolen and then with the list of all the stuff this person has stolen, I had an epiphany of how hard you work for your business and I returned everything I've taken.
348: No Such Thing As Infinite Toilet Paper, 2020-11-20 · listen
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Coordinates: 36.0000, -80.0000