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Real life “21 Jump Street” happened in Carter County

Fraterville Mine Disaster -largest in TN history, devastated Fraterville with only 3 adult males residents remaining

Summertown is home to the oldest and largest commune in the country – The Farm

Parts of Nashville and Mid Tennessee were almost in the State of Transylvania

Full Scale Millennium Falcon is being built in Middle Tennessee

The most unoriginal town name in America, presenting Nameless, Tennessee

Elvis played the Opry only once and was told by the Opry after the show he’d be better off driving a truck

Knoxville World’s Fair, expected to make $5 million only made $57

Before Tennessee there was the State Of Franklin an independent nation

Jack Daniels barrels get a second life flavoring a sauce favorite