Think you know just about everything there is to know about Nevada? Well, we have a handful of random, quirky facts about the state that even the biggest trivia buff may think we made up ourselves.

RENO, Nev. (News 4 & Fox 11) — As Nevada prepares to celebrate its 156th birthday on Saturday — there's a lot of random facts you might not be aware of. Nevada became the 36th state on Oct. 31, 1864.

This is the second column in a series presenting the findings and conclusions of Nevada’s 2016 Popular Annual Financial Report, posted at controller.nv.gov. Here, we address state revenues. The tax ...