The removal of the Ten Commandments statue in Alabama led to protests around the capitol, with many people in favor of keeping the monument.

Snowfall is less frequent along Alabama’s Gulf Coast, sometimes going several years without any snowfall.

Alabama was affected by the 1974 Super Outbreak and was devastated tremendously by the 2011 Super Outbreak, which produced a record amount of tornadoes in the state, totaling 62.

The expedition of Hernando de Soto passed through Mabila and other parts of Alabama in 1540.

Alabama receives an average of 56 inches (1,400 mm) of rainfall annually.

Baldwin and Mobile counties became part of Spanish West Florida in 1783, part of the independent Republic of West Florida in 1810, and finally part of the Mississippi Territory in 1812.

The Alabama Territory was created by the United States Congress on March 3, 1817.

North Alabama is mostly mountainous, with the Tennessee River creating numerous creeks, streams, rivers, mountains, and lakes.

After seceding, Alabama joined the Confederate States of America, and the Confederacy’s capital was initially at Montgomery. Alabama contributed about 120,000 soldiers to the war effort, though few battles were fought in the state.

Alabama is home to 62 indigenous mammal species.