Of all the states in the United States of America, Mississippi is an entity unlike any other.
Last week we were reading a survey that said that Mississippians consider themselves the most religious, above and beyond the residents of any other state.
This week we've already found out that they never got around to ratifying the Thirteenth Amendment abolishing slavery, and only did so after a recent immigrant from India pointed out that somehow they'd forgotten to do that.
Phew. So now that's over all the slaves in Mississippi are finally free!
In case you've forgotten, Mississippi has the highest teen pregnancy rate in the Union. It also usually wins the "Fattest" and "Poorest" state prizes.
It's been a while since it took the Stupidest state prize, but perhaps with this slavery snafu it's looking that that 2013 might be its year for that too.
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