We respect your privacy. Because of anxiety or other issues, some people grind their teeth or clench their jaw thousands of times a night while they sleep. They put so much pressure on their jaws â 250 pounds (or more) worth of force â that they wear down their teeth, sometimes even causing joint and muscle problems.
Alabama is the only state with a woodpecker for a state bird. The yellowhammer was adopted on September 6, 1927. It is more properly called a Northern Flicker.
The Rhode Island Red beat out its closest competitors, the osprey and ruby-throated hummingbird, and became Rhode Island's official state bird at noon on May 3, 1954. The Rhode Island Red, Governor Dennis J. Roberts said, upon signing the bill into law, has become a symbol of Rhode Islanders all over the world.