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hi welcome to seven facts the channel that is dedicated to the exploring of every single nation on this planet you are watching the American series so after watching this seven facts video about new hancher feel free to explore the entire playlist that contains the states and territories of the United States also remember to subscribe if you wish to see more videos like this one I upload brand new videos every Wednesday and Saturday so it'll be worth it when it comes to the history and formation of the United States New Hampshire is one of the most important states that made all of this happen it was the first of the original thirteen colonies that declared its independence from Great Britain and adopt their own constitution and they did so six months before the Declaration of Independence was signed in 1788 New Hampshire was the ninth state to ratify the United States Constitution which meant that their votes secured the necessary two thirds that made the document the law of the land we all know or should know that the first man to ever go into outer space was the Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin but what about the first American to do so it was Alan Shepard from Easter in New Hampshire he made his journey on may the 5th 1961 just 23 days after Gagarin his spacecraft the freedom 7 reached an altitude of 187 kilometers and Shepards entire journey lasted a mere 15 minutes ten years later he returned to space to become the fifth man out of a total of 12 to set foot on the moon New Hampshire has a very popular motto the free or die it's originated with lifelong New Hampshire resident General John Stark he was famous for fighting in both the French Indian War and the Revolutionary War and in 1777 he let his men to victory in the Battle of Bennington he penned a letter to his fellow battle veterans in 1809 that closed with the statement live free or die death is not the worst of Evil's today this is considered to be the most memorable motto of the 50 states the town of Laconia is a dream come true for any real gamer it is home to the Funspot family entertainment center the largest video arcade in the world according to the Guinness World Records fun spot includes a collection of over 500 games pinball machines and ticket redemption machines originating all the way from the 1970s it has been called and for good reason the Louvre of the 8-bit world in 1934 gusts of wind reaching 372 km/h were recorded at the top of New Hampshire's Mount Washington keep in mind that for a hurricane to be a category 5 it must have wind speeds of at least 250 km/h the wind speed recorded on that day held the world record for the fastest winds ever measured on earth until the 1990s when Australia's Barrow Island set a new record of 407 km/h still the combination of very strong winds snow Frost and fault make Mount Washington the home of some of the planet's most extreme weather America's first documented serial killer aged aged Holmes was born in Gilmanton New Hampshire in 1861 he graduated from the University of Michigan with a degree in medicine and was able to finance his education by stealing corpses and presenting them to insurance companies to substantiate false claims after moving to Chicago he transformed an old pharmacy into his murder Castle that he passed off as a hotel to unsuspecting victims his body count had reached over 20 by the time he was executed in 1896 although that number could very well be in the hundreds he was executed by hanging in 1896 but he didn't go easy his neck didn't snap instead he was strangled to death slowly twitching for over 15 minutes Theodore Geisel was a student who graduated from New Hampshire's historic Ivy League university Dartmouth in 1925 after he was caught drinking booze on campus the college banned him from writing for the school's humor magazine the Dartmouth jack-o-lantern but he didn't give up in order to continue writing for them he adopted a new pen named azuz he later added the title doctor because his father always wanted him to become a professor he would later go on to become one of the most well-known authors of children's books in history selling over 600 million copies and being translated into more than 20 languages by the time of his death some of his greatest works include horton hears a who The Cat in the Hat green eggs and ham and of course How the Grinch Stole Christmas [Music] these were seven facts about New Hampshire if you liked the video give it a like and subscribe don't forget to leave a comment downstairs if you have anything to say and do check out my patreon page where you can support this channel even more I hope to see you next time bye [Music]