Facts on Fremont: What do people downtown know about Nevada? — VIDEO

Traffic moves along Fremont Street at 6th Street in Las Vegas on Friday, June 24, 2016. (Jason Ogulnik/Las Vegas Review-Journal)

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By ELAINE WILSON REVIEWJOURNAL.COM

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We’re back at it.

Last week, we hit the Fremont Street Experience to quiz random people on Nevada facts.

This week, people are equally clueless about the Battle Born state.

Facts on Fremont is a video series exploring how much people downtown know about the Silver State.

Contact Elaine Wilson at ewilson@reviewjournal.com. Follow @WilsonElaineM on Twitter.

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