1. Sarah Koenig, host of popular podcast "Serial" resides in Centre County 2. Largest Weather Company, Accuweather is based and was created in State College 3. Adam McKay, writer of Step Brothers and Anchorman went to Penn State 4. Mark Parker, CEO of Nike went to Penn State 5. Jennifer Aniston's father, John Aniston went to PSU 6. Former LA Raiders Tight End Todd Christensen is originally from Bellefonte. 7. Screenwriter and producer of Casablanca, Julius Epstein graduated from Penn State 8. PSU President Milton Eisenhower was brothers with US President Dwight D Eisenhower 9. Four Penn State Alumni have flown in space 10.The creators of Ben & Jerry’s Ice Cream got their start from taking a Penn State Course 11.The Centre County Barrens is the coldest region in once the sun sets. The Barrens is just four miles west of Penn State's main campus located in State College.206 Days out of the year the low temperature is below 32 degrees. 12.The most rainfall Centre County has ever received in a day was 5.05" on 9/18/2004 13.'s father graduated from Penn state. 14.There are 100 words in the PSU Alma Mater. There are 4 versus and it was written by Fred Lewis Pattee 15.The PSU Obelisk weighs 53.4 tons and is 32.7 feet tall. It's made up of 281 stones from 139 counties -- 54 of those counties are in PA. 16.The PSU Creamery sells over 750,000 ice cream cones/year 17.The only person to ever mix flavors at the creamery is 18.During the first year that PSU was a school, the cost of tuition, room/ board, bedding and candles was $100 19.Penn State's school colors were selected as pink and black in 1887 and then changed to blue and white in 1890 20.Boalsburg is the birthplace of Memorial Day because in 1864, three local women decorated the graves of fallen Civil War soldiers 21.Madisonsburg is only .1 square miles 22.Bellefonte has been the home to 7 US Governors, five who served Pennsylvania. 23.The 2010 movie "Unstoppable" with Denzel Washington was shot in Bald Eagle Valley, Milesburg, Pleasant Gap, and Port Matilda 24.Aaronsburg was founded by Aaron Levy in 1786 and is the first town in Pennsylvania to be laid out and named after someone who is Jewish. 25.Centre County is the fifth largest county in the state. 26.In 1892, he Bellefonte Central Railroad connected the county seat of Bellefonte and State College. The trip at that time took one hour and fifteen minutes. 27.In the late 1800’s and early 1900’s, almost every town in Centre County had its own town band. These bands played at local celebrations and parades. 28.The Beaver Mill Lumber Company located inside the present day Black Moshannon State Park was the largest single lumber operations in all of Pennsylvania. Weather stumps now mark where the lumber company cut these tress about a century ago. 29.The first wood screws in the U.S. were manufactured in Philipsburg in 1821. The screw factory was built and owned by Harman Philips. 30.Bellefonte was the stop for the first scheduled air mail flight in 1918. The airfield, which was located near the current high school, accepted air mail flights until 1925. 31.John Montgomery Ward, a Hall of Fame Pitcher who played from 1878 – 1894 is in the Baseball Hall of Fame. 32.According to legend, centuries ago the Seneca Indians discovered the natural landmark now known as Penn’s Cave. 33.Penn’s Cave is America’s only all-water cavern and wildlife park. 34.The first car built in Centre County was made by R. Bierly and Sons Carriage Makers of Milesburg in 1901. 35.During World War I, people were urged to plant vegetable plots in the community gardens in a State College sinkhole. That sinkhole today is Memorial Field. 36.The nation’s first Driver’s Education Course was taught at State College High School in 1939. 37.When Penn State College changed its name to University in 1953, President Milton Eisenhower tried to persuade the town to change its name also. A referendum failed to change the name of the town to Mt. Nittany. 38.Grange Fair is the oldest encampment fair in the United States. It began in 1874. 39.The grandfather of Fred Rogers (Mr. Roger’s Neighborhood) owned and operated McFeely’s Brick Company in Port Matilda in 1926. 40.Bellefonte was one of the first towns in the United States to have electricity, In 1883, the Edison Company laid out plans for providing the towns with electric lights. 41.In 1829 Harvey Mann began an axe-making operation along Logan Branch at Boiling Springs. In its heyday, the plant at Axemann made single and double billed axes and turned out 350 axes a day. 42.Ye Olde College Diner, located in State College, was voted #3 on the Best Places to Eat a Sticky Bun in 2005. The diner has served grilled sticky buns since 1929. 43.Baby’s Burgers & Shakes in a 50’s style diner located in State College. It was once featured in a Visa commercial, saying they don’t accept American Express. 44.Pennsylvania Match Factory was one of the nation’s leading producers of wooden matches during the first half of the 20th century. It was founded in 1899 by Bellefonte entrepreneurs.

45.Squire Clement Beckwith laid out Port Matilda in 1850 and named it after his daughter, Matilda. Why he chose Port Matilda is not clear, but the name may have reflected his hope that the town would be connected to the Bald Eagle and Spring Creek Branch of the Pennsylvania Canal. 46.The Shawnee and Delaware Indians were State College’s earliest inhabitants. Mount Nittany was named for thy mythical princess Nita- Nee, a Lenni-Lenape of the Delaware Tribe. 47.Centre Furnace was the first charcoal iron furnace in the region from 1972-1809 and was operated by John Patton and Samuel Miles. 48.Anna Wagner Keichline was the first woman registered as an architect in Pennsylvania in 1920. The Bellefonte native designed numerous buildings and also served as a Special Agent, Army intelligence in WWI. 49.Major League Baseball player Matt Adams is from Philipsburg. 50.Matt Suhey, played for Penn State and won a Super Bowl with the Bears. He was born in Bellefonte. 51.Bald Eagle State Park is the largest state park in Centre County with 5,900 acres. 52.Penn-Roosevelt State Park is the site of a former segregated CCC camp for African American men.