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Iodine Products State - South Carolina (I'm packing my bags)
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http://www.scencyclopedia.org/iodine.htm
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In the late 1920s, the South Carolina Natural Resources Commission began a public relations campaign to advertise the high iodine levels found in fruits and vegetables grown in the state. Even South Carolina milk was promoted as containing extraordinarily high levels of iodine. Promotional tracts sought to expand the national market for South Carolina produce by warning midwestern and west coast residents of the consequences of iodine deficiency in the young, including enlarged thyroids, mental and physical birth defects, and even sterility. The campaign placed the motto “Iodine” on South Carolina automobile license plates in 1930, then expanded the phrase in subsequent years to “The Iodine State” and “The Iodine Products State.” Columbia radio station WIS took its call letters to promote the “Wonderful Iodine State.” Even lowcountry moonshiners around Hell Hole Swamp jumped on the iodine bandwagon, advertising their brand of liquid corn with the slogan: “Not a Goiter in a Gallon.”
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I spent three years living and working in SC and had never heard the motto or this story. I just had to look up why. The no goiter state.
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[*]Land of Infinite Variety - South Dakota (I'll take their word for it)
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I have been through SD three times, twice by auto and once on a bicycle. I recall prairie and hills, and that's about it for variety.
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Home of Beautiful Women - Kansas (train to Topeka, boys?)
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Yes, I know that Kansas City is in Missouri.