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Did you know this about Ocean City?
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Did You Know?
Ocean City has been dry since 1879—before Prohibition even existed. Ironically, a CDC study found it has the highest rate of excessive drinkers of any county in New Jersey.
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Cape May Diamonds aren't diamonds at all—they're pure quartz crystals polished by the ocean and washed up on Sunset Beach from the Delaware River.
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Steel Pier's famous diving horses leaped 40 feet into a pool from 1929 to 1978. One rider, Sonora Webster Carver, went blind from a dive but continued performing for 11 more years.
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In 2017, photos of Governor Chris Christie and his family on the closed Island Beach State Park beach during a government shutdown went viral and became national news.
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