Sewell (Washington Township), New Jersey

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We all know what a great and special place New Jersey is for backyard bird feeding and other birding activities but did you know these other fun facts about New Jersey (see below)?  Are there any other fun facts that you can add?  If so email us at sillybird348@comcast.net!

New Jersey is a peninsula (bordered by the Delaware River, Delaware Bay, Atlantic Ocean, Raritan Bay, Arthur Kill, Kill Van Kull, Upper New York Bay and the Hudson River - unless you go directly north, you must cross a body of water to get out of NJ).

Here's a weird one:  Part of western South Jersey's land mass is in Delaware.  The DE/NJ line is east of the Delaware River below the Delaware Memorial Bridge.  Check Mapquest for Pennsville, NJ to see the line.

Highlands - New Jersey has the highest elevation along the entire eastern seaboard, from Maine to Florida.

New Jersey is the only state where all of its counties are classified as metropolitan areas.

New Jersey has more race horses than Kentucky!

New Jersey has the most diners in the world and is sometimes referred to as the "Diner Capital of the World."

New Jersey is home to the original Mystery Pork Parts Club (no, not Spam):  Taylor Ham or Pork Roll.

New Jersey is home to the less mysterious but the best Italian hot dogs and Italian sausage w/peppers and onions.

New Jersey is home to the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island.

New Jersey has the most stringent testing along its coastline for water quality control than any other seaboard state in the entire country!

Jersey tomatoes are known the world over as being the best you can buy.  New Jersey is also the world leader in blueberry and cranberry production (and here you thought Massachusetts?).

Home to the tallest water tower in the world (Union, NJ)!!!

The Great Falls in Paterson, on the Passaic River, is the second highest waterfall on the East Coast of the US!

New Jersey rocks!  The famous Les Paul invented the first solid body electric guitar in Mahwah, in 1940.

All New Jersey natives:  Sal Martorano, Jack Nicholson, Bruce Springsteen, Bon Jovi, Jason Alexander, Queen Latifah, Susan Sarandon, Connie Francis, Shaq, Judy Blume, Aaron Burr, Joan Robertson, Ken Kross, Dionne Warwick, Sarah Vaughn, Budd Abbott, Lou Costello, Alan Ginsberg, Norman Mailer, Marilynn McCoo, Flip Wilson, Alexander Hamilton, Whitney Houston, Eddie Money, Linda McElroy, Eileen Donnelly, Grover Cleveland, Woodrow Wilson, Walt Whitman, Jerry Lewis, Tom Cruise, Joyce Kilmer, Bruce Willis, Caesar, Romero, Lauryn Hill, Ice-T, Nick Adams, Nathan Lane, Sandra Dee, Danny Devito, Richard Conti, Joe Pesci, Joe Piscopo, Joe DePasquale, Robert Blake, John Forsythe, Meryl Streep, Loretta Swit, Norman Lloyd, Paul Simon, Jerry Herman, Gorden McCrae, Kevin Spacey, John Travolta, Phyllis Newman, Anne Morrow Lindbergh, Eva Marie Saint, Elisabeth Shue, Zebulon Pike, James Fennimore Cooper, Admiral Wm. Halsey, Jr., Dave Thomas (Wendy's), William Carlos Williams, Ray Liotta, Robert Wuhl, Bob Reyers, Paul Robeson, Ernie Kovacs, Joseph Macchia, Kelly Ripa, and, of course, Francis Albert Sinatra, "Big Dick" Taintor and "Uncle Floyd" Vivino.