Of the 383 mollusk species, 113 have never been collected outside of Alabama.

The climate in Alabama is classified as humid subtropical (Cfa) under the Köppen Climate Classification.

Reconstruction in Alabama ended in 1874 when Democrats regained control of the legislature and governor’s office through an election dominated by fraud and violence. They wrote another constitution in 1875, passed the Blaine Amendment prohibiting public money from financing ...Read more

The Rosenwald Fund helped fund the construction of schools for African American children in Alabama. Between 1913 and 1937, 387 schools, seven teachers’ houses, and several vocational buildings were built with partial funding from the Rosenwald Fund.

The average annual snowfall in Birmingham, Alabama, is 2 inches (51 mm).

Hurricane Ivan caused over $18 billion in damage in Alabama, making it one of the most destructive storms to hit the state in modern history.

The name of the Alabama River and state is derived from the Alabama people, a Muskogean-speaking tribe whose members lived just below the confluence of the Coosa and Tallapoosa rivers on the upper reaches of the river.

Invertebrates in Alabama include 97 crayfish species and 383 mollusk species.

Alabama, along with Oklahoma and Iowa, has the most confirmed F5 and EF5 tornadoes of any state.

Snow is rare in much of Alabama, but areas north of Montgomery may receive a dusting of snow a few times each winter, with occasional heavy snowfalls every few years.