FUN FACTS

*Nevada is the gambling and entertainment capital of the United States.

*Las Vegas has more hotel rooms than any other place on earth. It would take 288 years for one person to spend one night in every hotel room in Las Vegas.

*With Over 100,000 couples get married in Las Vegas every year.

*Nevada is the largest gold-producing state in the nation. It is second in the world behind South Africa.

*Nevada has more male residents than female. Of all the states, Nevada has the 2nd highest ratio of males to females, 104 to 100.

*Shrimp consumption in Las Vegas is more than 60,000 pounds a day -- higher than the rest of the country combined.

*Approximately 40% of Nevada is covered by sagebrush.

*Nevada has the largest number of wild horses -- 75%, or an estimated 28,000, of the wild horses roaming free in the U.S are found in Nevada.

*Nevada has more than 44,000 acres of man-made reservoirs, 2,760 miles of streams and 14 designated wilderness areas covering 798,067 acres.

*Lake Tahoe is third deepest lake in North America and the tenth deepest in the world. 22 miles long, 12 miles wide, 72 miles of shoreline, and has greatest depth of 1,595 feet.

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