- It is
illegal to fish for whales on a Sunday in Ohio … not that there’s any place to
do that. Well, at least you can fish for them every other day of the
week.
- Thomas
A. Edison, the inventor of the incandescent light bulb, the phonograph, and the
early motion picture camera, was from Milan.
- Akron
was the first city to use police cars.
- John
Lambert of Ohio City made America's first automobile in 1891.
- The
first full-time automobile service station opened in 1899 in Ohio.
Oberlin College, founded in 1833, was the first interracial and coeducational college in the United States.