Portal:Connecticut/Did you know/5

...that the "Shakespeare Lady", a schizophrenic street performer in Downtown New Haven, Connecticut, has her own trading card?
...that chalcocite, a profitable and desirable kind of copper ore, was particularly plentiful in the now-depleted copper mines of Cornwall, England and Bristol, Connecticut?
...that, dating back to 1682, Connecticut has suffered more than 100 tornadoes, including the sixth most damaging in United States history and one which killed up to 34 people.

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