14 Things Only Ohioans Know To Be True

Buckeyes, Browns or Bengals, we really must get the last pick of professional sport mascots...and other weird truths, too.

1.

You can lose a friend debating over which ice cream is better: Jeni's or Graeter's.

2.

When you chose that liberal arts college at 18, you didn't realize you'd forever explain to strangers that it's near Cleveland or Cincinnati, even though it's nowhere near either of those cities.

3.

Though the weather is random, there is only one season: football.

4.

We're still trying to figure out what this is...even though it's discontinued.

5.

We vacation in South Carolina, and our car decals pledge our palmetto allegiance.

6.

We don't have to go to Washington, D.C. to see a politician, because they all come here.

7.

Camouflage is acceptable attire...to any event.

8.

Grumpy Cat got her start here.

9.

We have the only candy that grows on a tree.

10.

We proudly display our Confederate flags, even though we were in the Union.

11.

We know this isn't marijuana.

12.

There's only one chili and that is Cincinnati chili. And it only goes on a hot dog or on a plate of spaghetti.

13.

The standard outerwear for all Ohio females aged 16-59 from October through early March.

14.

It wasn't a real Halloween if snow gear on Trick-or-Treat wasn't involved at least once during your childhood.