-The light bulb, phonograph (record player), and motion picture projector, were invented by Thomas Edison in his Menlo Park, NJ, laboratory.

 -We also boast the first town ever lit by incandescent bulbs.

-The first seaplane was built in Keyport, NJ.

-The first airmail (to Chicago) was started from Keyport, NJ.

-The first phonograph records were made in Camden, NJ. Including the dog listening to his master's voice

-New Jersey is home to the Miss America Pageant held in Atlantic City. "Not any more"

-The game Monopoly, played all over the world, named the streets on its playing board after the actual streets in Atlantic City. "Even That has changed"

-And, Atlantic City has the longest boardwalk in the world, Not to mention salt water taffy, And not a drop of saltwater in it.

-New Jersey has the largest petroleum containment area outside of the Middle East countries.

-The first Indian reservation was in New Jersey, in the Watchung Mountains.

-New Jersey has the tallest water-tower in the world. Union, NJ!!! Not to mention the Lighthouse at Barnegat Light

-New Jersey had the first medical center, in Jersey City.

-The Pulaski SkyWay, from Jersey City to Newark, was the first skyway highway.

-NJ built the first tunnel under a river, the Hudson (Holland Tunnel).

-The first baseball game was played in Hoboken, NJ, which is also the birthplace of Frank Sinatra.

-The first intercollegiate football game was played in New Brunswick in 1889 (Rutgers College played Princeton).

-The first drive-in movie theater was opened in Camden, NJ, (but they're all gone now!)...and I, the lensmaster add, no they are not, oh yeh, the one closest to us is not in NJ but in Warwick, NY...oops

-New Jersey is home to both of "NEW YORK'S" pro football teams!

-The first radio station and broadcast was in Paterson, NJ.

-The first FM radio broadcast was made from Alpine, NJ, by Maj. Thomas Armstrong.

-New Jersey is a peninsula.


-New Jersey in the Highlands 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 more Cubans in Union City (1 sq mi.) than Havana, Cuba.


-New Jersey has the densest system of highways and railroads in the US.


-New Jersey has the highest cost of living.


-New Jersey has the highest cost of auto insurance.


-New Jersey has the highest property taxes in the nation.


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

  -New Jersey is home to the original Mystery Pork Parts Club (no, not Spam): Taylor Ham or Pork Roll. Home to the less mysterious but the best Italian hot dogs and Italian sausage w/peppers and onions. Only down the shore.


-North Jersey has the most shopping malls in one area in the world, with seven major shopping malls in a 25 square mile radius.


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


-The Passaic River was the site of the first submarine ride by inventor John P. Holland.


-New Jersey has 50+ resort cities &towns; some of the nation's most famous: Asbury Park, Wildwood, Atlantic City, Seaside Heights, Long Branch, and Cape May.


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


-New Jersey is a leading technology &industrial state and is the largest chemical producing state in the nation when you include pharmaceuticals.


-Jersey tomatoes are known the world over as being the best you can buy, and you haven't lived until you have eaten New Jersey sweet Corn.


-Here's to New Jersey - the toast of the country! In 1642, the first brewery in America opened in Hoboken.


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


-New Jersey is a major seaport state with the largest seaport in the US, located in Elizabeth. Nearly 80 percent of what our nation imports comes through Elizabeth Seaport first.


-New Jersey is home to one of the nation's busiest airports (in Newark), Liberty International.


-George Washington slept here. Several important Revolutionary War battles were fought on New Jersey soil, led by General George Washington.

-Blueberries were born in NJ and New Jersey's top fruit at one time was the Cranberry. NJ is the 3rd top fruit producer in the United States. 

-New Jersey is home to the famous Hindenburg explosion and crash one of the worlds largest dirigibles.   

-The movie Jaws was inspired in New Jersey as a great white devoured some locals along the Matanawa River. 

-New Jersey has its own Stonehenge known for its lore the Jersey Devil is one of the most well known cryptids in the world with 300 years of sightings.