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Mississippi is the 20th state of the United States of America.

• Leland, Mississippi is the official birthplace of Kermit the Frog.
• Jim Henson was born in Greenville, Mississippi in 1936.
• Kermit's Swamp Years took place in Mississippi (in Leland and the surrounding area), thus placing Kermit's Swamp in the state as well.
• The Gogalala Jubilee Jugband sang "Mississippi Mud" on The Muppet Show.
• In 1970, Mississippi officials banned Sesame Street from public broadcast, claiming the integration of the show's neighborhood was "offensive" to some of the state's residents. The ban lasted only a single month.