1. In 1861, Indiana Governor Oliver P. Morton received a telegraph informing him that the first battle of the Civil War had taken place at Bull Run in Virginia. The news prompted him to immediately start preparing the state's military for war.

2. On June 24, 1899, the first Indiana State Flag was adopted. The flag has a blue field with a gold torch surrounded by nineteen stars, representing Indiana's status as the 19th state in the Union.

3. In 1904, the Studebaker automobile company was incorporated in South Bend, Indiana. The company went on to become one of the most successful automobile manufacturers in America, producing cars until 1966.

4. On June 24, 1948, the Women's World Record for a continuous kite flight was set in Muncie, Indiana. A team of four women flew a kite for 180 hours, 17 minutes, and 33 seconds, breaking the previous world record by over 20 hours.

5. In 2020, the world's largest ball of paint, located in Alexandria, Indiana, was featured on an episode of the Netflix documentary series "Down to Earth with Zac Efron." The ball of paint, which weighs over 2.5 tons and has over 25,000 layers of paint, continues to grow as visitors add new layers during their visits.