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The Lensurial. The license plate game is a classic means of turning long hours of driving into a fun, easy competition.

Whoever spots the most out-of-state license plates wins.

And you can tell they're out-of-state not just by the different state names emblazoned on them, but by the different slogans. Most states have them. Here in Texas,

it's the lone star state. New York is the empire state. Idaho proclaims famous potatoes. New Hampshire

wants to remind you to live free or die, and North Carolina was first in flight.

But hold on. Ohio's is the birthplace of aviation. It seems that the airplane is so monumental

in achievement that two states have claimed the bragging rights. On today's Saturday matinee,

we explain with an episode of one of my other podcast's American History Tellers.

The Wright brothers were indeed the first to make a powered airplane flight

and did so in Kitty Hawk, North Carolina on December 17, 1903,

but they designed and built their plane in Dayton, Ohio.

Still, making that historic flight was in many ways only the beginning

of the story. I hope you enjoy. While you're listening, be sure to search for and follow American

history tellers. We put a link in the show notes to make it easy for you.

History Daily is sponsored by Indeed. We've all done it to try to take in all the grocery bags

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