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The Odds in Ohio - If you want to be an astronaut or President of the United States and you were born in Ohio then the odds are on your side. If you are from another state, consider a move to Ohio. It was birthplace to seven (lucky number) presidents: Ulysses S. Grant, Rutherford B. Hayes, James Garfield, Benjamin Harrison, William McKinley, William Taft, and Warren G. Harding. If seven is a lucky number of presidents to have from your state, then the number of astronauts (24) is astronomical!

Not only were the Wright Brothers, masterminds behind the first airplane, born in Ohio, but so was Neil Armstrong, who took one giant step when he was the first man (and Ohioan) to walk on the moon. In fact, even the senator of Ohio, John Glenn, made it into space. In 1998 he became the oldest man to do so. Of course this occurred after he was the first American (and Ohioan) to orbit the earth in 1962. No wonder Ohio is called the “birthplace of aviation.”

Pop Goes Ohio - The pop culture phrase “cha-ching” would be nothing without Dayton, Ohio’s James J. Ditty who invented the cash register in 1879. McDonalds is a part of pop culture as well and was first introduced in nearby Illinois which also brought us the Twinkie, but in 1900 Ohio gave us the hot dog thanks to Harry M. Stevens. The next time you pop some gum you’ll know that chewing gum (1869) and Teflon (1938) were invented in Ohio (I’m not sure what the difference is between the two. Do you?)

Ohio Rules Do you hate traffic lights? Take your complaint to Cleveland where the commanding red, yellow and green trio of lights was first used in 1914. Are you a bad driver and get into accidents because you avoid traffic lights? Thank Cincinnati for establishing the first ambulance service in 1865. If you like to see drivers who blow traffic lights get nabbed by the police then high-five Akron, the first city to use police cars. As a pedestrian, if you think traffic crossing buttons are super cool, thank Cleveland for using the first pedestrian button in 1948

Sporting Ohio - The first African American to win an Olympic Gold Medal was DeHart Hubbard for the long jump in 1924. Not only did he win the gold medal but he set an Olympic record. Other Gold Medalist Olympic superstars from Ohio include Jesse Owens who won an amazing four gold medals in 1936. If America’s favorite past-time is baseball, then the heart of Americans should be in Cincinnati home of the first professional baseball team, the Cincinnati Reds. Those who dedicate Sundays and Mondays to football probably already know that the Football Hall of Fame opened in located in Canton.