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Florida: America's Weirdest State

By Ben MuessigApr 24th 2011 – 7:30AM
Sylvia Mythen, AP

Sylvia Mythen, AP

It's the state of butterfly ballots, gator farms and oversized mice. It's the retirement hub discovered by a Spaniard rumored to have lost his life hunting for the legendary Fountain of Youth. It's the only place in America where the farther north you go, the farther south you get. Florida is undeniably a quirky place....

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Gary R. Mormino is a historian, author, columnist at the Tampa Tribune and Frank E. Duckwall Professor of History and co-director (with Raymond Arsenault) of the Florida Studies Program at University of South Florida St.

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