HISTORY: Did you know there’s a connection between Jim Thorpe, Pa., and a popular attraction at Walt Disney World?

According to the website Uncover PA, the exterior of the Harry Packer Mansion in Jim Thorpe was the inspiration for the Haunted Mansion at Disney World in Florida.

Here’s another neat Pennsylvania fact. On game day when it is full, Beaver Stadium at Penn State University becomes the fourth most populated place in the state. It is the third largest stadium in the world.

And what about Erie’s connection to America’s first president?

George Washington’s first military mission was to deliver a message from the British to the French at Fort LeBeouf — at present-day Waterford in Erie County. The 21-year-old delivered his message, but it was ignored. Today, Waterford has the only statue of Washington in a British military uniform.

Something more about Erie: in the winter of 2013-14, it was the snowiest city (with a population of more than 100,000) in the United States with 138.4 inches of snow. That’s more than 11 feet.

Mount Davis is the highest point in Pennsylvania at 3,213 feet — lower than the lowest point in Colorado, which is 3,315 feet.

We know that Pennsylvania’s football teams, the Pittsburgh Steelers and Philadelphia Eagles, don’t share a fan base. So imagine in World War II, what it must have been like when the two teams combined to form the Steagles.

“The move was intended to keep the NFL alive at a time when nearly all able-bodied men had been sent off to war. To ensure they could field at least one team from Pennsylvania, the rival teams’ managers decided to work together. This was not a popular move,” reported the site Mental Floss. We can only imagine.

We found a list of famous folks who hailed from the Keystone State: Louisa May Alcott, John Updike, Stephen Foster, James Stewart, W.C. Fields, Princess Grace of Monaco, Reggie Jackson, Mary Cassatt, actor John Barrymore, frontiersman Daniel Boone, actor Tom Mix and of course, world famous mezzo soprano Marilyn Horne.