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| North Carolina Facts |
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Whitewater Falls, North Carolina in Transylvania County is the highest waterfall in the eastern United States. |
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Hiram Rhoades Revels, born in Fayetteville, North Carolina in 1822, was the first African-American member of the United States Congress. |
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Many people believe that North Carolina was the first state to declare independence from England with the Mecklenburg Declaration of 1775. |
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