8 Fast Facts That You Probably Didn’t Know About South Jersey

So you've lived here all your life, but how much do you actually know about the place you call home? Never fear, The Mike Show will show you the light or at least the facts. 

Did you know...

1. The Delaware River is the longest undammed river east of the Mississippi? It spans a whopping 300 miles from the Catskills to Cape May!

2. Wildwood is one of only a few beaches that is actually expanding instead of receding. **BONUS** It’s also home to the largest kite-flying event in the world!

3. Camden’s Automobile Theater opened in 1933 as the first drive-in movie theater.

4. The first professional basketball game was played in Trenton in 1896.

5. Viking Yachts in New Gretna builds boats that range from 42 to 92 feet in length, and from $1-7 million in price.

6. New Jersey is one of only two states (Oregon being the other) where it’s illegal to pump your own gas. That's right, folks! Just sit and relax.

7. The Atlantic City boardwalk was the first boardwalk in the country and is the longest in the world!

8. The Aquifer beneath the Pine Barrens contains 17 trillion gallons of some of the purest water in the country. Mmm, good!