In this task, you are given a context paragraph, a question based on that and corresponding answer of a question. Your task is to generate supporting fact/knowledge from context paragraph which helps in answering a given question.
Q: Kansas State University, commonly shortened to Kansas State or K-State, is a public doctoral university with its main campus in Manhattan, Kansas, United States. Kansas State was opened as the state's land-grant college in 1863 the first public institution of higher learning in the state of Kansas. It had a record high enrollment of 24,766 students for the Fall 2014 semester. Question: Which University, where Ron Yankowski played college football, was opened as the state's land-grant college? Answer: Kansas State University
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Kansas State was opened as the states landgrant college in 1863 the first public institution of higher learning in the state of Kansas.