How Your State Really Got Its Nickname

Wolverine, Gem, Sooner, Chinook: Every U.S. state has its own nickname, but which one got its feline-inspired monicker by being "better than she looks"?

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Alabama | 0:00
Alaska | 0:48
Arizona | 1:21
Arkansas | 1:52
California | 2:33
Colorado | 2:57
Connecticut | 3:27
Delaware | 4:07
Florida | 4:42
Georgia | 5:21
Hawaii | 5:54
Idaho | 6:25
Illinois | 7:03
Indiana | 7:47
Iowa | 8:26
Kansas | 9:02
Kentucky | 9:34
Louisiana | 9:51
Maine | 10:27
Maryland | 10:59
Massachusetts | 11:33
Michigan | 12:02
Minnesota | 12:37
Mississippi | 13:06
Missouri | 13:36
Montana | 14:12
Nebraska | 14:42
Nevada | 15:01
New Hampshire | 15:35
New Jersey | 16:06
New Mexico | 16:39
New York | 17:04
North Carolina | 17:29
North Dakota | 17:58
Ohio | 18:23
Oklahoma | 18:50
Oregon | 19:29
Pennsylvania | 19:54
Rhode Island | 20:22
South Carolina | 20:59
South Dakota | 21:26
Tennessee | 21:56
Texas | 22:16
Utah | 22:50
Vermont | 23:28
Virginia | 23:58
Washington | 24:31
West Virginia | 24:51
Wisconsin | 25:18
Wyoming | 25:46

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