18．In 1937，Connecticut became the first state to issue permanent license plates for cars．
19．The World Wrestling Federation or the WWF is headquartered in Stamford．
20．Bristol，CT is considered the “Mum City”of the USA because of the many Chrysanthemums（菊花）grown and sold to various states and Canada．
21．In 1784，New Haven was incorporated as a city．
22．Danbury，An important military depot for the American Revolutionary armies was burned and looted（掠夺，劫掠）in April 1777by the British under Major General William Tryon．
23．The first blast furnace（鼓风炉）in Connecticut was built in Lakeville in 1762．
24．The Submarine Force Museum in Groton is home of the historic ship Nautilus（鹦鹉螺号）（SSN 571）．It is the official submarine museum of the United States Navy．
25．Connecticut State insect is the Praying Mantis．
26．Connecticut’s most important crops are dairy，poultry，forest and nursery，tobacco，vegetables and fruit．
27．Connecticut’s motto is Qui Transtulit Sustinet—“He Who Transplanted Still Sustains”．
28．In colonial New Haven cut pumpkins（南瓜）were used as guides for haircuts to ensure a round uniform style．Because of this fashion，these New Englanders were nicknamed “pumpkin－heads”．
29．The name Middlebury derives from the central position the Town’s meetinghouse（教会，礼拜堂）occupies，six miles from three older neighbors，Waterbury，Southbury，and Woodbury．
30．The first human inhabitants of present－day Burlington were members of the Tunxis Tribe，who belonged to a confederation of Algonquian［阿尔冈琴语系（北美印第安语言）］Indians．Legend holds they used the area as a hunting ground．
31．The first English settlers of Connecticut arrived in 1636，settling the plantations of Windsor，Hartford and Wethersfield．
32．The Monroe Town seal is in the form of a circle with the words “Town of Monroe Connecticut”written in the outer rim of the seal．Inside this outer circle is a profile of a bust（半身像）of James Monroe，who was the fifth President of the United States，serving from 1817—1825．
33．Originally，Montville，along with Groton and Waterford，was a part of New London．New London was settled in 1646under the name of Pequot，so called after the Pequot Indians，the name changing to New London in 1658．
34．B．F．Clyde’s Cider Mill is the only steam－powered Cider Mill in the United States and is located in Mystic．
35．7－year－old James Thorsell designed the New Hartford “Town Bicentennial Emblem”．
36．New Milford’s worst disaster struck in 1902when the main business section centered on Bank Street was almost completely leveled by the “Great Fire”．
37．Named in 1724for the stony character of the hilly countryside，North Stonington was incorporated in 1807．
38．To register to vote in Connecticut you must：
Be a U．S．citizen；
Be a resident of a Connecticut Town；
Be at least 18years old on or before the next election
Not be convicted of a felony（［律］重罪）
39．The manufacturing of the first safety fuse started in Simsbury in 1836．
40．In 1728，the first steel mill operating in America was located in Simsbury．
41．Wallingford has earned a worldwide reputation for the production of silverware．
42．The first expert in the treatment of Asiatic cholera（［医］霍乱）was Dr．Henry Bronson in 1832．He was a professor at Yale Medical School．
43．The first golf tournament（比赛，锦标赛，联赛）in Connecticut for women only was held in Waterbury on June 12，1917．
44．West Hartford is the birthplace of Noah Webster，the author of the first dictionary published in 1807．
45．Although West Haven is Connecticut’s youngest city，being incorporated in 1972，it is a community that dates back over 360years，making it one of the oldest settlements in the country．
46．PEZ（r）Candy is made in the city of Orange．
47．Thomas Sanford made the first friction（摩擦，摩擦力）matches in Beacon Falls in 1834．
48．Some of the world’s most famous cloth is woven in the Stafford textile mills．
49．The town of Washington was incorporated in 1779，being named in honor of General George Washington．
50．Hartford has remained the capital city of Connecticut since 1875．
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