Portal:Kentucky/Did you know.../3

...that Short's goldenrod (pictured), one of the world's rarest plants, grows only in parts of Kentucky and Indiana?
...that the Pewee Valley Confederate Memorial is the only American Civil War obelisk monument in Kentucky to be made of zinc?
...that James Turner Morehead (pictured) was the first Governor of Kentucky to be born in that state?
...that Fancy Farm, Kentucky is recognized as the home of the world's largest picnic?
...that Kentucky governor Ruby Laffoon bestowed the honorary title of "Kentucky colonel" the most times in the state's history, including KFC founder "Colonel" Harland Sanders?
...that William E. McAnulty, Jr., the first African American to sit on the Kentucky Supreme Court, injured himself playing basketball on Election Day in 1983 with future NBA star Allan Houston?
...that Kentucky philanthropist Eli Metcalfe Bruce contributed more than $400,000 of his personal fortune to aiding Confederate soldiers during the American Civil War?