Fun Facts about Cleveland

Guess what? If you are visiting Cleveland, Ohio, here are some facts that may surprise you.

1. Potato chips were first mass-produced in Cleveland
2. NASA has a large research facility in Cleveland
3. Cleveland was the first city in the world to be fully lit by electricity.
4. Golf balls were invented in CLE
5. The Cleveland Metroparks System spans 23,000 acres
6. Superman was created in crooked river city
7. OnBase was born in 1991 in Cleveland
8. The phrase Rock n' Roll coined in the land
9. Professional football emerged from Northeast OHIO
10. The first stoplight made in Cleveland
11. Celebrities Bob Hope, Jesse Owens, Drew Carey, Hallie Berry, and Paul Newman were born in Cleveland