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Connecticut

“The Constitution State”

Connecticut invented almost everything! Consider the rubber band, the frisbee, the helicopter, the lollipop, the pay phone, the revolver, the Polaroid camera, apizza, PEZ candy, the chain socket, fake nutmeg, nuclear subs, the electric plug outlet, the telephone book. Route 1 follows the old Boston Post Road along coastal Connecticut

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