New Jersey was named after the Isle of Jersey, an island in the English Channel. The first officially recorded, organized baseball game was played in Hoboken, New Jersey, on June 19, 1846. New Jersey is one of only two states where self-service filling of gasoline is prohibited. The other is Oregon. The properties in the United States version of the board game Monopoly are named after the streets of Atlantic City, New Jersey. New Jersey has the most diners in the world and is often referred to as the “Diner Capital of the World.”
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New Jersey was named after the Isle of Jersey, an island in the English Channel. The first officially recorded, organized baseball game was played in Hoboken, New Jersey, on June 19, 1846. New Jersey is one of only two states where self-service filling of gasoline is prohibited. The other is Oregon. The properties in the United States version of the board game Monopoly are named after the streets of Atlantic City, New Jersey. New Jersey has the most diners in the world and is often referred to as the “Diner Capital of the World.”
