The name “Connecticut” is derived from anglicized versions of the Mohegan-Pequot word “quononoquett,” which means “long tidal river”.¹⁾

Connecticut and New Haven colonies formed the Fundamental Orders, which are regarded as America's earliest constitutions.²⁾

Connecticut has several nicknames, including “Constitution State,” “Nutmeg State,” “Provisions State,” and “Land of the Steady Habits”.³⁾

Scoville Library in Salisbury, Connecticut, was the first free public library in the United States.⁴⁾

Yale University was the first university in the United States to offer a PhD program.⁵⁾

Connecticut is famous for its innovations such as the can opener, submarine, and telephone book.⁶⁾

Connecticut established the first speed restriction in the United States in 1901, at 12 mph.⁷⁾

Mary Kies (1752-1837) of Connecticut was the first woman to acquire a U.S. Patent for a new technique of weaving straw with silk and thread.⁸⁾

Connecticut invented the first lollipop. The name “Lolly Pop” was formally registered to the Bradley Smith Company of New Haven by the United States Patent and Trademark Office on October 13, 1931.⁹⁾

Connecticut adopted the praying mantis as its state insect in 1977. “Mantis” is a Greek term that means “prophet” or “diviner”.¹⁰⁾

The Charter Oak is Connecticut's official tree. When the monarch attempted to reclaim Connecticut's royal charter in 1687, a colonial hero concealed it in an oak tree.¹¹⁾

Samuel Colt, the creator of the revolver, was born in Connecticut.¹²⁾

Connecticut is known as the Provisional State because it supplied the Continental Army with supplies and artillery during the Revolutionary War.¹³⁾

George W. Bush is the only president of the United States who was born in Connecticut.¹⁴⁾

Bristol, Connecticut, is known as “Mum City”, USA, because to the abundance of chrysanthemums that thrive there.¹⁵⁾

Mark Twain lived in Connecticut from 1874–1891. He wrote many of his best-known works while living there, including The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, and The Prince and the Pauper.¹⁶⁾

In 1723, Yale University awarded the first medical degree in the United States.¹⁷⁾

The PEZ factory, which contains a collection of PEZ dispensers, is located in Orange, Connecticut.¹⁸⁾

The Cushing Brain Collection, which holds approximately 400 human brains, is located in Connecticut.¹⁹⁾

The sperm whale is Connecticut's state animal.²⁰⁾