What are some interesting facts about Texas?

Question

I'll start:
President George W Bush is from Texas.
There are real cowboys here that actually wear cowboy hats and boots.

Answer 1

New Brunsfels, Texas is home to the country's #1 rated water park.

San Antonio, Texas is one of the most haunted cities in the United States.

Not everyone in Texas wears cowboy hats and owns farms, despite what everyone else may think. The real cowboys live in Bandera, Texas.

Pantera, The Toadies and Drowning Pool are all from the Dallas/Fort Worth metroplex.

Sandra Bullock, Eva Longoria and Mathew McConighay all live in Texas.

Rob Zombie and Limp Bizkit all shot music videos here.

Serving Sarah and The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (both the original and remake) were filmed here.

Answer 2

First Texas is not the largest state, Alaska is. Texas is the only state that can legality fly its flag at the same height as the US flag. When Texas joined the US it retained the wright to succeed and become its own republic. If Texas were a country it would have the worlds 5th largest economy. The largest military base in the world is in Texas (Ft. Hood) There have been 70 Medal of Honer winners in the state of Texas. Texas has the most counties of any state 254. Texas has 3 of the top 10 most populous cities in the US, Houston, San Antonio, Dallas. The first suspension bridge in the US was built in Waco Texas. El Paso, TX is closer to California than to Dallas. The last battle of the Civil War was fought on May 12-13, 1865 at Palmito ranch, Texas. It was a Confederate victory. The only place in the world where they make Dr. Pepper according to the original formula is in Dublin, Texas. Dr Pepper was invented in Waco in 1885. There is no period after the Dr in Dr Pepper. Seventy-five percent of the world's Snickers bars are made in Waco at the M&M/Mars plant. The World’s largest parking lot is located at DFW Airport. The all American meal, the hamburger, was created in Athens, Texas. One last thing from personal experience when traveling to other countries you get a much better response their people when you say your from Texas rather than the US.

Answer 3

And I'll finish.
The following is written by someone BORN in Texas, but who sees things from a more-realistic perspective.
1.)The battle of the Alamo was an example of faulty military thinking, wherein a battle was fought and lost at great cost over a militarily insignifigant location for no tactical or strategic gain.
2.)"Apparently everything is bigger there", Especially egos
3.)"Dr pepper was invented in waco, texas in 1880s", Oh joy, carbonated prune juice!
4.)"President George W Bush is from Texas". Like THAT is something to brag about.
5.) Texas is #49 in verbal SAT scores in the nation (493)(See link) You can't get into anything but a community college with an individual score that low, and THEN only at the remedial level!
6.) Texas is #46 in average math SAT scores (502).
7.)Out of Texas’ 145 public and private higher education institutions, only one private institution, Rice University, ranked among the nation’s top 50.
8.)"There are real cowboys here that actually wear cowboy hats and boots." And a butt-load more goat-roper wanna-be's and oughtright dudes wearing them as well.
9.)"The only state that singlehandedly beat a nation in war (mexico)" Mexico was a militarily weak and scattered nation with no clear military goal. The leading statement ALSO overlooks the fact that California, ALSO a republic at the time, defeated Mexico with FAR less effort.
10.) "Authentic texas barbecue is beef only - no pig, no chicken" Well, the educated rest of the country refers to pig meat as PORK, (See scores listed in #5 above) and also enjoys a bit of variety.in their diet.

Answer 4

Actually George Bush being from Texas is a misconception. George Bush Jr. was only the Governor of Texas. He was born in New Haven, Connecticut. His father, George Bush Sr. was born in Milton, Massachusetts.

The population of Texas is 21 million, not including the 16 million cattle.

70% of the population of Texas lives within 200 miles of Austin.

Texas possesses three of the Top Ten most populous cities in the U.S. - Houston, Dallas and San Antonio.

Texas' most populous county is Harris county with 3.4 million residents in Houston. The least populated county is Loving county with 67 residents.

Texas has 215 cities with a population of 10,000 or more.

The Dallas-Fort Worth area has more residents - 5,221,801 - than 31 U.S. states. For example, Arizona has about 5.1 million residents.

Texas' largest county is Brewster with 6,208 square miles. Connecticut (5,544 Sq Mi), Delaware (2,489 Sq Mi) and Rhode Island (1,545 Sq Mi) can fit inside this county.

The King Ranch itself near Corpus Christi is larger than the state of Rhode Island and includes 50,000 head of cattle.

Texas possesses 23,292 farms with 1,000 acres or more for a total of 132 million acres, or 80% of the state land area,

Almost 10% of Texas is covered by forest which includes four national and five state forests.

The average January temperature for Amarillo is 36.7 degrees while in Brownsville the average is 61.4. On March 27, 1984, the temperature in Brownsville was 106 degrees while Amarillo reported snow and 35 degrees.

Janis Joplin was born in Texas, among numberous other Legendary entertainers.

Davy Crockett loved Texas. (By 1835, Crockett had become disillusioned with politics and set off to explore Texas, departing Tennessee with the famous quote: "You may all go to hell and I will go to Texas." Crockett fell in love with Texas and joined the volunteers in the fight for Texas independence. He died at the Battle of the Alamo on March 6, 1836.)

Texas was once it's own Country.On 2 March 1836, the Convention of 1836 signed a Declaration of Independence, declaring Texas an independent nation

Answer 5

the only state that used to be an independent nation

the only state that singlehandedly beat a nation in war (mexico)

dr pepper was invented in waco, texas in 1880s

texas is site of the nation's worst natural disaster ever - the 1900 hurricane that destroyed galveston island and killed 9,000 people. the island was reshaped as a result of the hurricane impact

whites and hispanics get along in texas better than anywhere else in the u.s.

hispanics are majority population in houston, san antonio and el paso.

authentic texas barbecue is beef only - no pig, no chicken

second largest state, behind alaska

second-most populous state, behind california

Answer 6

State Bird is the Mockingbird

Answer 7

It is farther from Texarkana, Texas to El Paso, Texas than it is from Chicago to Dallas.

Answer 8

Texas is home to the San Antonio Spurs!

GO ~ SPURS ~ GO

Answer 9

It can split into 5 states if it chooses to.

Answer 10

Skippy say texans give more to charity than any other state.