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Maine is the northernmost state in the North-eastern United States . Maine is the 12th smallest by area , the 9th least populous , and the 13th least densely populated of the 50 U.S. states .

Here are some other things worth knowing about the Pine Tree State.

According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service, 89.46% of Maine is forestmore than any other state.

At one point, 95% of all the worlds toothpicks were manufactured in Maine. Toothpicks manufactured from wood are no longer in production in Maine.

Ellsworth, Maine, is home to the Telephone Museum (Ellsworth) dedicated to telephones.

According to a study by Swiftkey.com, Mainers are the most positive Americans: they use the thumbs-up emoji more than people from any other state and are the most users of the food emoji at Thanksgiving.

If all of Maines 3,100 offshore islands are included, then it has a longer total coastline than California at 3,478 miles length.

There are 40 acres of desert just west of Freeport, Maine. Formed by overgrazing and deforestation, the desert isnt made of sand but silt deposited at the end of the last Ice Age.

Stephen Kinga famous Mainer, who has set most of his novels in the statewrote his first novel, Carrie , while working as a schoolteacher and cleaner in Bangor.

Maine is the only state to border only one US state. It borders more Canadian territories than it does U.S. states: only New Hampshire lies to the west, but both Qubec and New Brunswick lie to the north.

Nine out of ten of all the lobsters caught in American waters are from Maine.

Out of all 50 states, only Alaska has a higher moose population than Maine.

In 1850, Portland, Maine, was home to the worlds first chewing gum factory.

There are towns in Maine called China, Lebanon, Peru, Norway, Wales, and Mexico.

Many things have been invented in Maine, from the microwave oven to a zigzag-stitching sewing machine. But one of the states proudest inventions is also one of its humblest: In 1873, 15-year-old Farmington native Chester Greenwood invented the earmuff. Greenwood was allergic to the woolen winter caps of the time, and so set about patenting what he called an improvement in ear-mufflers. His design featured a wire headband, two discs of beaver fur, and a unique V-shaped hinge that kept the muffs tight against the head. His design quickly caught on; by the mid-1930s, Maine was producing 400,000 pairs a year. To this day, a celebratory earmuff parade is still held in Greenwoods honor in Farmington every winter.

Maine is a joy in the summer. But the soul of Maine is more apparent in the winter.

Paul Theroux