Clay Today will test your knowledge weekly and provide interesting facts on various topics. This week, odd facts about states. Florida is known for its alligators. The University of Florida’s mascot is the Gators. But despite not having any higher education schools using the Gator nickname, Louisiana has about 700,000 more alligators than the Sunshine State ... Florida does produce the second-most tomatoes in the country. Still, it pales compared to California, although California grows 26 times more than Florida ... Nobody comes close to North Carolina regarding growing sweet potatoes. Not only does it produce more than any other state, it produces 64% of the nation’s sweet potato crop … Georgia is the Peach State, but if you really want a lot of peaches, you must go to California, which grew 475,000 tons of sweet, juicy fruit. South Carolina is second, followed by New Jersey and Georgia trails in fourth … Finally, the official state drink of Indiana is water, while Kentucky’s official drink is a soft drink, not one of its famous bourbons.