3 fun facts: Temperatures get HOT in Death Valley and it has the highest recorded temperature on Earth. California is home to both the world’s tallest and largest living trees.Home of the first internet message: In 1969, the very first message sent on ARPANET (the precursor to today’s internet) was transmitted from a laboratory at UCLA to the Stanford Research Institute.
Extreme agricultural powerhouse: The state’s unique climate makes it the agricultural hub of the U.S. It grows over 90% of the country’s broccoli and an astonishing 80% of the entire world’s almonds, California is the only state to have hosted both Summer and Winter Olympic Games.