Akron is considered the rubber capital of the world.
Ohio is home to the Pro Football Hall of Fame and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
Seven presidents of the United States were born in Ohio. They are Ulysses S. Grant, Rutherford Hayes, James Garfield, Benjamin Harrison, William McKinley, William Howard Taft, and Warren Harding.
The name Ohio probably comes from an Iroquois Indian word that means 'great river'.
The nation's first ambulance service was started in Cincinnati in 1865. Akron was the first city to use police cars in 1899.
Life Savers candy was invented by Clarence Crane in 1912.
Neil Armstrong, the first man to walk on the moon, came from Ohio.
The state flag is pennant design, rather than a rectangle like all the other state flags.
