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I NSIDElOUTSIDE Alaskans call the rest of the United States "Outside," "The Lower 48" and "The States." MIXED SIGNALS: VOTING IN 98 - English was declared the state's official language -Marijuana was declared a legal medicine -Voters banned billboards , MUSH ;:::====== A diphtherie serum was rushed to Nome from Nenana by a dogsled team in 1925 along the nor mal sled dog mail route, but much more quickly. It was perhaps the first ever case of Priority Mail. The result of this rush became the annual Oil and car companies sponsor the Iditarod now. The dogs wear booties. There are more dog mushers now than there were in 1970. The biggest dogs don't always make the best sled dogs. BUllWINKlE, SAY IT AIN'T SO oDozens of moose are killed by motorists within Anchorage city limits ever year. Two people had violent encounters with bears within Anchorage city limits in 1998. olf you kill a moose on the road and you survive, you can't just take it home and eat it. Hitting a moose with your car is considered an illegal hunting method and the state has a waiting list for roadkill. PASS THE GROG, Will YOU? oPotlatch: a ceremonial feast marked by the host's lavish distribution of gifts as a sign of status. oLegend has it that Natives felt Alaska purchaser William Seward wasn't generous cnough at his potlatchcs. THE SUN SETS IN BARROW ON NOVEMBER 18 AND DOESN'T AGAIN UNTIL JANUARY 23. THE SUN RISES IN BARROW ON MAY 11 AND DOESN'T SET AGAIN UNTIL AUGUST 2. THE AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURE IN FAIRBANKS IN JANUARY IS DEGREES CELSIUS. THE AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURE IN FAIRBANKS IN JUNE IS DEGREES CELSIUS. AT 50 DEGREES BELOW, YOUR SPIT WILL FREEZE BEFORE IT HITS THE GROUND. THERE ARE MORE HOURS OF SOLAR RADIATION IN ALASKA IN SUMMER THAN THERE ARE IN MUCH OF THE LOWER 48. EXPLAINS WHY THE CABBAGES GROWN IN THE MATAN VALLEY GROW TO THE SIZE OF BEACH BALLS. DARKNESS TRIGGERS A PART OF YOUR BRAIN TO FIRE CHEM THAT MAKE YOU WANT TO SLEEP. PSYCHOLOGISTS MAKE A MONEY TREATING THIS "SEASONAL AFFECTIVE DISORDER," MERLY KNOWN AS CABIN FEVER.