Not at all what I expected.

Mentalfloss.com used Google searches in each state to find out what we're curious about and for the Northeast states it's the same:

"Why do leaves change color?" Easy answer? To attract tourists.

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I suppose it's possible that a whole bunch of people don't know about photosynthesis and leaves dying.

Check out the rest of the country:

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