Team colors are maize and blue, though these are different shades of “maize” and “blue” from those used by the university at large. The winged helmet is a recognized icon of Michigan Athletics. Michigan Wolverines Mascot None Nickname Wolverines Fight song The Victors Cheer It’s Great! To Be! A Michigan […]
Well known as the residence of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge is home to many students and professionals. About 31% of its residents are college and graduate students. The city’s largest employment sectors are higher education, government, biotechnology, and healthcare. Do MIT students live on campus? At the undergraduate level, MIT […]
The moving assembly line. The assembly line style of mass production had been revolutionary when introduced to the U.S. in 1821, but Detroit’s Henry Ford and his team took the idea to the next level when he invented the moving assembly line in 1913 at the Highland Park Ford Plant. […]
Michigan’s unequivocal signature drink is the hummer. Created by Jerome Adams in 1968 in Detroit at the Bayview Yacht Club, the hummer is made with white rum, Kahlua, and two scoops of vanilla ice cream, according to Punch Drink. What is the state drink of Michigan? HummerThis is where, on […]
According to Money Rates, Michigan ranks as the #4 best state to live in 2020. For the fourth consecutive year, Michigan has made the top ten – and it has improved its rank in each of those years. What is the number 1 state in America? Washington Is Top State […]
In 1763, by the Treaty of Paris, Great Britain acquired jurisdiction over Canada and the French territory east of the Mississippi River except for New Orleans. Under British rule Michigan remained a part of Canada. What was Michigan before it became a state? The Territory of Michigan was an organized […]
Yooper — Anyone who lives in the UP is called a Yooper. And yoopers have their own set of words and Upper Peninsula slang that they don’t share with trolls. What does the word Yooper mean? Definition of Yooper : a native or resident of the Upper Peninsula of Michigan […]
While you can turn left on a red light, bicyclists, pedestrians, and all traffic using the street have the right of way and you must yield before turning left. Most people raised in Michigan have done this. Is turning left illegal in Michigan? A Michigan Left is an intersection at […]
Michigan. The Great Lakes State doesn’t have an official state food, but one popular suggestion is the Coney dog. Though variations exist throughout the state, the most common denominators seem to be a steamed dog, steamed bun, meaty sauce, yellow mustard and maybe a sprinkle of onions. What food is […]
Michigan is the only state that touches four of the five Great Lakes. As such, it’s home to the longest freshwater coastline of any U.S. state, *and* the second-longest coastline, period (coming in behind Alaska). Anywhere you stand in the state, you’re no more than 85 miles from a Great […]
Michigan Has the Best Beaches While there is a variety of culture, there is a bond brought about from living on a peninsula surrounded and filled with glorious water, wildlife and fauna. We are cold, we are hot, beaches, dunes, and forests. Engineering marvels made by both man and nature […]
pop. In Michigan, it’s called “pop.” In the western and southern states, it’s called “soda.” Does Michigan say pop or soda? Perhaps the most noticeable of these distinctive regionalisms, especially for Michiganders, regards the phrasing we use when referring to soft drinks. Here in the Midwest, a lot of people […]
The Motor City was ranked the sixth rudest city in America, according to a new survey by Business Insider. A little more than 11% of survey respondents said Detroit’s residents were the rudest in the country. The rankings were based on two online polls conducted in October and November 2019. […]
Michigan is the only state that touches four of the five Great Lakes. Standing anywhere in the state a person is within 85 miles of one of the Great Lakes. Michigan includes 56,954 square miles of land area; 1,194 square miles of inland waters; and 38,575 square miles of Great […]
Michiganders Are Rude It looked at indicators such as those for rudest cities and drivers, unfriendliness, and impolite behavior with customer service employees. On their list of the unfriendliest States, Michigan landed at 17. Is Michigan a rude state? Well according to the results, of those surveyed in Michigan the […]