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I once won a contest by stuffing 22 marshmallows in my mouth and managing to squeak "I love marshmallows!"
...and then there are teenagers who get drunk and have sex...
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I once won a contest by stuffing 22 marshmallows in my mouth and managing to squeak "I love marshmallows!"
...and then there are teenagers who get drunk and have sex...
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Well, this gives me hope for Texas. Actually, not all of these people, but I do like, or find interesting, almost of these native Tejanos for a variety of reasons.
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Red Adair, Alvin Ailey, Clyde Barrow, Carol Burnett, Cyd Charisse, Joan Crawford, Walter Cronkite, Larry Hagman, Buddy Holly, Howard Hughes, Janis Joplin, Scott Joplin, Jayne Mansfield, Mary Martin, Ann Miller, Roy Orbison, Lee Harvey Oswald, Bonnie Parker, H. Ross Perot, Katharine Ann Porter, Dan Rather, Robert Rauschenberg, Sam Rayburn, Tex Ritter, Gene Roddenberry, Ann Sheridan, Willie Shoemaker, Sissy Spacek, Tommy Tune, Babe Didrikson Zaharias, ZZ Top
Perdita
Red Adair, Alvin Ailey, Clyde Barrow, Carol Burnett, Cyd Charisse, Joan Crawford, Walter Cronkite, Larry Hagman, Buddy Holly, Howard Hughes, Janis Joplin, Scott Joplin, Jayne Mansfield, Mary Martin, Ann Miller, Roy Orbison, Lee Harvey Oswald, Bonnie Parker, H. Ross Perot, Katharine Ann Porter, Dan Rather, Robert Rauschenberg, Sam Rayburn, Tex Ritter, Gene Roddenberry, Ann Sheridan, Willie Shoemaker, Sissy Spacek, Tommy Tune, Babe Didrikson Zaharias, ZZ Top
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perdita said:
Here's a few more notable Texans:
Mary Kay Ash - cosmetics entrepreneur, Hot Wells
Gene Autry - singer, actor, Tioga
Kathy Baker - actress, Midland
Denton A. Cooley - heart surgeon, Houston
Robert Dennard - inventor, Terrell
Dwight David Eisenhower - U.S. president, general, Denison
A. J. Foyt - auto racer, Houston
Ben Hogan - golfer, Dublin
Jack Johnson - boxer, Galveston
Lyndon B. Johnson - U.S. president, Stonewall
Michael Johnson - olympic sports, Dallas
George Jones - singer, Saratoga
Tommy Lee Jones - actor, San Saba
Trini Lopez - singer, Dallas
Roger Miller - singer, songwriter, Fort Worth
Spanky McFarland - actor, Fort Worth
Audie Murphy - actor, war hero, Kingston
Willie Nelson - singer, Abbot
Chester Nimitz - admiral, Fredricksburg
Sandra Day O'Connor - jurist, El Paso
Buck Owens - singer, Sherman
Wiley Post - aviator, Grand Saline
Tex Ritter - singer, Murval
Tabitha Soren - TV journalist, San Antonio
Rip Torn - actor, director, Temple
Ernest Tubb - country music, Crisp
Kathy Whitworth - golfer, Monahans
Dooley Wilson - actor, musician, Tyler
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Texas Facts and Trivia
Texas is popularly known as The Lone Star State.
The Alamo is located in San Antonio. It is where Texas defenders fell to Mexican General Santa Anna and the phrase Remember the Alamo originated. The Alamo is considered the cradle of Texas liberty and the state's most popular historic site.
The lightning whelk is the official state shell.
Texas is the only state to have the flags of 6 different nations fly over it. They are: Spain, France, Mexico, Republic of Texas, Confederate States, and the United States.
Although six flags have flown over Texas, there have been eight changes of government: Spanish 1519-1685, French 1685-1690, Spanish 1690-1821, Mexican 1821-1836, Republic of Texas 1836-1845, United States 1845-1861, Confederate States 1861-1865, United States 1865-present
The King Ranch in Texas is bigger than the state of Rhode Island.
During the period of July 24-26, 1979, the Tropical Storm Claudette brought 45 inches of rain to an area near Alvin, Texas, contributing to more than $600 million in damages. Claudette produced the United States 24 hour rainfall record of 43 inches.
More wool comes from the state of Texas than any other state in the United States.
Edwards Plateau in west central Texas is the top sheep growing area in the country.
Texas is the only state to enter the United States by treaty instead of territorial annexation.
The state was an independent nation from 1836 to 1845.
Texas boasts the nation's largest herd of whitetail deer.
A coastal live oak located near Fulton is the oldest tree in the state. The tree has an estimated age of more than 1,500 years.
Sam Houston, arguably the most famous Texan, was actually born in Virginia. Houston served as governor of Tennessee before coming to Texas.
Caddo Lake is the only natural lake in the state.
When Texas was annexed in 1845 it retained the right to fly its flag at the same height as the national flag.
The first offensive action of the Texas Revolution occurred in Goliad on October 9, 1835 when local colonists captured the fort and town.
On December 20, 1835 the first Declaration of Texas Independence was signed in Goliad and the first flag of Texas Independence was hoisted.
The Hertzberg Circus Museum in San Antonio contains one of the largest assortments of circusana in the world.
The capital city of Austin is located on the Colorado River in south-central Texas. The capitol building is made from Texas pink granite. It served as the capital of the Republic of Texas in 1840-1842.
Austin is considered the live music capital of the world.
Texas is home to Dell and Compaq computers and central Texas is often referred to as the Silicon Valley of the south.
Professional sports teams include the Dallas Cowboys, Dallas Mavericks, Dallas Stars, Houston Astros, Houston Comets, Houston Rockets, San Antonio Spurs, and Texas Rangers.
Dr Pepper was invented in Waco in 1885. The Dublin Dr Pepper, 85 miles west of Waco, still uses pure imperial cane sugar in its product. There is no period after the Dr in Dr Pepper.
The first suspension bridge in the United States was the Waco Bridge. Built in 1870 and still in use today as a pedestrian crossing of the Brazos River.
In 1836 five sites served as temporary capitals of Texas: Washington-on-the-Brazos: Harrisburg: Galveston: Velasco: and Columbia. Sam Houston moved the capital to Houston in 1837. In 1839 the capital was moved to the new town of Austin.
The capitol in Austin opened May 16, 1888. The dome of the building stands seven feet higher than that of the nation's Capitol in Washington, D.C.
Texas comes from the Hasinai Indian word tejas meaning friends or allies.
The armadillo is the official state mammal.
Texas has the first domed stadium in the country. The structure was built in Houston and opened in April 1965.
The Houston Comets are the only team in the country to win four back-to-back WNBA championships. 1997-2000 Cynthia Cooper remains the only player to win the WNBA Championship MVP.
The worst natural disaster in United States history was caused by a hurricane that hit Galveston in 1900. Over 8000 deaths were recorded.
The first word spoken from the moon on July 20, 1969 was Houston.
Texas' largest county is Brewster with 6,208 square miles.
Texas possesses three of the top ten most populous cities in the United States. These towns are Houston, Dallas, and San Antonio.
El Paso is closer to Needles, California than it is to Dallas.
Texas includes 267,339 square miles, or 7.4% of the nation's total area.
The state's cattle population is estimated to be near 16 million.
More land is farmed in Texas than in any other state.
More species of bats live in Texas than in any other part of the United States.
Laredo is the world's largest inland port.
Port Lavaca has the world's longest fishing pier. Originally part of the causeway connecting the two sides of Lavaca Bay, the center span of was destroyed by Hurricane Carla in 1961.
The Tyler Municipal Rose Garden is the world's largest rose garden. It contains 38,000 rose bushes representing 500 varieties of roses set in a 22-acre garden.
Amarillo has the world's largest helium well.
The world's first rodeo was held in Pecos on July 4, 1883.
The Flagship Hotel on Seawall Boulevard in Galveston is the only hotel in North America built entirely over the water.
The Heisman trophy is named for John William Heisman the first full-time coach and athletic director at Rice University in Houston.
Brazoria County has more species of birds than any other comparable area in North America.
The Aransas Wildlife Refuge is the winter home of North America's only remaining flock of whooping cranes.
Jalapeno pepper jelly originated in Lake Jackson and was first marketed in 1978.
Texas is popularly known as The Lone Star State.
The Alamo is located in San Antonio. It is where Texas defenders fell to Mexican General Santa Anna and the phrase Remember the Alamo originated. The Alamo is considered the cradle of Texas liberty and the state's most popular historic site.
The lightning whelk is the official state shell.
Texas is the only state to have the flags of 6 different nations fly over it. They are: Spain, France, Mexico, Republic of Texas, Confederate States, and the United States.
Although six flags have flown over Texas, there have been eight changes of government: Spanish 1519-1685, French 1685-1690, Spanish 1690-1821, Mexican 1821-1836, Republic of Texas 1836-1845, United States 1845-1861, Confederate States 1861-1865, United States 1865-present
The King Ranch in Texas is bigger than the state of Rhode Island.
During the period of July 24-26, 1979, the Tropical Storm Claudette brought 45 inches of rain to an area near Alvin, Texas, contributing to more than $600 million in damages. Claudette produced the United States 24 hour rainfall record of 43 inches.
More wool comes from the state of Texas than any other state in the United States.
Edwards Plateau in west central Texas is the top sheep growing area in the country.
Texas is the only state to enter the United States by treaty instead of territorial annexation.
The state was an independent nation from 1836 to 1845.
Texas boasts the nation's largest herd of whitetail deer.
A coastal live oak located near Fulton is the oldest tree in the state. The tree has an estimated age of more than 1,500 years.
Sam Houston, arguably the most famous Texan, was actually born in Virginia. Houston served as governor of Tennessee before coming to Texas.
Caddo Lake is the only natural lake in the state.
When Texas was annexed in 1845 it retained the right to fly its flag at the same height as the national flag.
The first offensive action of the Texas Revolution occurred in Goliad on October 9, 1835 when local colonists captured the fort and town.
On December 20, 1835 the first Declaration of Texas Independence was signed in Goliad and the first flag of Texas Independence was hoisted.
The Hertzberg Circus Museum in San Antonio contains one of the largest assortments of circusana in the world.
The capital city of Austin is located on the Colorado River in south-central Texas. The capitol building is made from Texas pink granite. It served as the capital of the Republic of Texas in 1840-1842.
Austin is considered the live music capital of the world.
Texas is home to Dell and Compaq computers and central Texas is often referred to as the Silicon Valley of the south.
Professional sports teams include the Dallas Cowboys, Dallas Mavericks, Dallas Stars, Houston Astros, Houston Comets, Houston Rockets, San Antonio Spurs, and Texas Rangers.
Dr Pepper was invented in Waco in 1885. The Dublin Dr Pepper, 85 miles west of Waco, still uses pure imperial cane sugar in its product. There is no period after the Dr in Dr Pepper.
The first suspension bridge in the United States was the Waco Bridge. Built in 1870 and still in use today as a pedestrian crossing of the Brazos River.
In 1836 five sites served as temporary capitals of Texas: Washington-on-the-Brazos: Harrisburg: Galveston: Velasco: and Columbia. Sam Houston moved the capital to Houston in 1837. In 1839 the capital was moved to the new town of Austin.
The capitol in Austin opened May 16, 1888. The dome of the building stands seven feet higher than that of the nation's Capitol in Washington, D.C.
Texas comes from the Hasinai Indian word tejas meaning friends or allies.
The armadillo is the official state mammal.
Texas has the first domed stadium in the country. The structure was built in Houston and opened in April 1965.
The Houston Comets are the only team in the country to win four back-to-back WNBA championships. 1997-2000 Cynthia Cooper remains the only player to win the WNBA Championship MVP.
The worst natural disaster in United States history was caused by a hurricane that hit Galveston in 1900. Over 8000 deaths were recorded.
The first word spoken from the moon on July 20, 1969 was Houston.
Texas' largest county is Brewster with 6,208 square miles.
Texas possesses three of the top ten most populous cities in the United States. These towns are Houston, Dallas, and San Antonio.
El Paso is closer to Needles, California than it is to Dallas.
Texas includes 267,339 square miles, or 7.4% of the nation's total area.
The state's cattle population is estimated to be near 16 million.
More land is farmed in Texas than in any other state.
More species of bats live in Texas than in any other part of the United States.
Laredo is the world's largest inland port.
Port Lavaca has the world's longest fishing pier. Originally part of the causeway connecting the two sides of Lavaca Bay, the center span of was destroyed by Hurricane Carla in 1961.
The Tyler Municipal Rose Garden is the world's largest rose garden. It contains 38,000 rose bushes representing 500 varieties of roses set in a 22-acre garden.
Amarillo has the world's largest helium well.
The world's first rodeo was held in Pecos on July 4, 1883.
The Flagship Hotel on Seawall Boulevard in Galveston is the only hotel in North America built entirely over the water.
The Heisman trophy is named for John William Heisman the first full-time coach and athletic director at Rice University in Houston.
Brazoria County has more species of birds than any other comparable area in North America.
The Aransas Wildlife Refuge is the winter home of North America's only remaining flock of whooping cranes.
Jalapeno pepper jelly originated in Lake Jackson and was first marketed in 1978.
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These are fun.
Can't you just see some little old grannies in tennis shoes lobbying for their favorite vegetables and patries?????
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State Bird: Mockingbird
State Flower: Bluebonnet, LupinusTexensis and any other variety of Bluebonnet
State Tree: Pecan
State Dinosaur: Brachiosaur Sauropod, Pleurocoelus
State Dish: Chili
State Fiber and Fabric: Cotton
State Fish: Guadalupe Bass
State Folk Dance: Square Dance
State Fruit: Texas Red Grapefruit
State Gem: Texas Blue Topaz
State Gemstone Cut: Lone Star Cut
State Grass: Sideoats Grama
State Insect: Monarch Butterfly
State Flying Mammal: Mexican Free-Tailed Bat
State Large Mammal: Longhorn
State Small Mammal: Armadillo
State Motto: Friendship
State Musical Instrument: Guitar
State Native Pepper: Chiltepin
State Pastries: Sopaipilla and Strudel
State Pepper: Jalapeno
State Plant: Prickly Pear Cactus
State Railroad: Texas State Railroad
State Reptile: Horned Lizard
State Shell: Lightning Whelk
State Ship: U.S.S. Texas
State Shrub: Crape Myrtle
State Snack: Tortilla Chips and Salsa
State Song: "Texas, Our Texas"
State Sport: Rodeo
State Stone: Petrified Palmwood
State Tartan: Texas Bluebonnet
State Vegetable: Sweet Onion
Can't you just see some little old grannies in tennis shoes lobbying for their favorite vegetables and patries?????
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State Bird: Mockingbird
State Flower: Bluebonnet, LupinusTexensis and any other variety of Bluebonnet
State Tree: Pecan
State Dinosaur: Brachiosaur Sauropod, Pleurocoelus
State Dish: Chili
State Fiber and Fabric: Cotton
State Fish: Guadalupe Bass
State Folk Dance: Square Dance
State Fruit: Texas Red Grapefruit
State Gem: Texas Blue Topaz
State Gemstone Cut: Lone Star Cut
State Grass: Sideoats Grama
State Insect: Monarch Butterfly
State Flying Mammal: Mexican Free-Tailed Bat
State Large Mammal: Longhorn
State Small Mammal: Armadillo
State Motto: Friendship
State Musical Instrument: Guitar
State Native Pepper: Chiltepin
State Pastries: Sopaipilla and Strudel
State Pepper: Jalapeno
State Plant: Prickly Pear Cactus
State Railroad: Texas State Railroad
State Reptile: Horned Lizard
State Shell: Lightning Whelk
State Ship: U.S.S. Texas
State Shrub: Crape Myrtle
State Snack: Tortilla Chips and Salsa
State Song: "Texas, Our Texas"
State Sport: Rodeo
State Stone: Petrified Palmwood
State Tartan: Texas Bluebonnet
State Vegetable: Sweet Onion
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You know we poke more fun at ourselves than anyone else, don't 'cha? 
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The only place in the world where they make Dr. Pepper according to the original formula is in Dublin, Texas.
According to the Texas Department of Transportation, one person is killed annually painting stripes on the state's highways and roads.
The caves of Sonora, Texas are the third best in the United States.
In 1964, Lyndon and Lady Bird Johnson gave out poinsettas as Christmas presents. In 1967, Lyndon gave Lady Bird a yellow wool dress and matching jacket for Christmas.
According to Texas law, in some places, running a bakery is considered to be an "agricultural business." must have been all those grannies lobbying for sopapillas and strudel! hahahaha
In the mid 1980s, the employee cafeteria at Motorolla in Austin had to stop serving food that contained poppy seeds because people showed false positives for opium when they were drug tested. Since then, the company reintroduced poppy seeds, and added Valium and several anti-depressants to a list of things not to bother testing for.
Early Spanish missionaries in Texas hoped to encourage the spread of European values by offering flannel underwear to Native Americans. I'm sure THAT helped!
People who moved to Lockhart, Texas in the 1950s are still considered by natives of the town to be newcomers.
Despite the fact that his middle name is "Farmer," Charles F. Trompler lost in his attempt to be selected as the Republican candidate for state agriculture commissioner in the 1986 Texas primary.
In Texas, it's illegal to put graffiti on someone else's cow.
In 1964, Austin writer John Morthland became the first person in America to interview the Rolling Stones. John, who was a high school junior in San Bernardino, California interviewed the band when they arrived for the maiden U.S. tour for his school's paper.
According to one geographer, digging straight down from Austin will not get you to China but to Iraq.
Stephen F. Austin and Santa Ana belonged to the same free masonry lodge in Mexico City.
There are stalactites and stalagmites in the breezeway at the University of Texas Law School.
For $150 you can become a licensed dead animal hauler in Texas.
According to one music critic, the person who modeled for the Indian Head Penny is a direct ancestor of Kim Longacre, who sang for the Austin band, The Reivers.
75 percent of the world's Snickers bars are made in Waco at the M&M/Mars plant.
You learn something every day: In Texas it's legal for a chicken to have sex with you, but it's illegal to reciprocate.
Will Rogers' father and uncle were boyhood friends of Sam Houston. Their half sister, Will Rogers' aunt, was also Sam Houston's Indian wife.
A nursing home in Texas must comply with the rules and regulation of 15 agencies.
In Texas, you could have been jailed for giving out or discussing information on birth control 50 years ago.
The world's largest oatmeal cake was baked and built in Bertram, Texas during Labor Day weekend 1991. The 33-layer cake stood more than 3 feet tall, weighed 333 pounds, and served 3,333 people. Oh baby, write that one down!
Dallas' corner of Elm and Houston streets has a sordid history. The building completed there in November 1898 was struck by lightning and burned to the ground in May 1901. By the fall of 1901 it was rebuilt. In that same building 62 years later, Lee Harvey Oswald allegedly shot President Kennedy from the sixth floor.
There are jackrabbits living at Austin's Robert Mueller Airport.
One of the lenses at the University of Texas' McDonald Observatory has a nick in it because a worker there got mad at something and shot at it.
The Wendish community of Giddings, Texas used to verbally inform all domestic animals of a death in the family.
In Odessa, Texas, the star of David and the peace symbol are forbidden by the city's dress code because they are considered to be Satanic symbols.
Former Governor Ann Richards received a vote for "Best Rap Artist" in The Austin Chronicle's 1991 Austin Music Poll.
Austinites might miss the glory that was the Treaty Oak, but Texas has 64 national champion trees, meaning they are the largest specimens of their species in the country. They include cedar elm, persimmon, eastern red cedar, and yaupon holly.
Boston, Texas is completely surrounded by New Boston, Texas.
There's a Texas law that forbids people from carrying around a fence cutter or a pair of pliers that could cut a fence.
In 1937, when the idea of parking meters was first raised in Austin, The Austin American designated one of its staff members "Parking Meter Editor" to tally a poll of its readers.
Fort Creek, Texas was hotter than hell in 1855.
Former Governor Ann Richards' Harley Davidson motorcycle probably will never go faster than 55 miles per hour because it has a governor on it (governor, n.: an automatic attachment to a machine for automatic control or limitation of speed.)
Lubbock is the largest city in the United States that is dry. [meaning no alcohol is sold there]
There's a ghost on the fifth floor of Austin's Driskill Hotel.
Waco is one of only two cities in the U.S. that has a radio station whose call letters spell out the name of the city.
In Texas, it is illegal to curse in front of or indecently expose a corpse.
"The Eyes of Texas" was originally written for a minstrel show as a satire on Dr. Lambdin Prather, then University of Texas at Austin president.
In Texas, if a burglary occurred in conjunction with a rape, some prosecutors charge rapists with the burglary because it carries the same sentence as aggravated sexual assault (5 to 99 years) and is an easier crime to prove. By the way, regular sexual assault only carries a sentence of 2 to 20 years.
Four fire ant species are found in Texas, three of which are native to the state. The tropical Solenopsis geminata Fabricus and southern Solenopsis xyloni McCook are the most common.
According to one report, more popcorn is sold in Dallas, Texas than anywhere in the U.S. (The average American eats 42 quarts of popcorn a year.)
The first film made in Texas to have won an Academy Award was Wings in 1927. The film starred Clara Bow and was directed by William Wellman.
According to one inside source, the majority of men who attend meetings at the Austin Men's Center have beards.
Forty percent of the farm-grown catfish in the United States is consumed by Texans.
The milk for Blue Bell Ice Cream comes from Corsicana, not Brenham.
To be elected in the state of Texas, one must believe in a supreme being.
To combat the deadly killer bee, the Harris County Fire Department has 11 trucks equipped with soapy water sprayers that do nothing but respond to killer bee calls. Currently, the Austin Fire Department will only deal with emergency situations involving killer bee attacks in progress.
Lubbock doesn't have any storm drains.
The written test for University of Texas at Austin campus police in the 1960s asked applicants the shape of their excrement to test their ability to be observant.
In Texas, pharmacists can't be registered members of the Communist Party.
Carl Finch, of Denton's nuclear polka band Brave Combo, led the accordion parade scene in David Byrne's movie True Stories, and says that Byrne is a charter member of the Dallas chapter of the Texas Accordionists Association.
You can buy chicken fried steak at one Chinese restaurant in Fort Stockton, Texas.
The smallest Catholic church in the world still in operation claims to be in Warrenton, Texas. Measuring 12 feet by 15 feet, the church seats 15 and is only open once a year.
The name of Buda, Texas comes from the Spanish word "viuda" or widow because the town's first mayor died in office, and from that point on, anyone who wanted to conduct business in town had to deal with his widow.
* * * *
The only place in the world where they make Dr. Pepper according to the original formula is in Dublin, Texas.
According to the Texas Department of Transportation, one person is killed annually painting stripes on the state's highways and roads.
The caves of Sonora, Texas are the third best in the United States.
In 1964, Lyndon and Lady Bird Johnson gave out poinsettas as Christmas presents. In 1967, Lyndon gave Lady Bird a yellow wool dress and matching jacket for Christmas.
According to Texas law, in some places, running a bakery is considered to be an "agricultural business." must have been all those grannies lobbying for sopapillas and strudel! hahahaha
In the mid 1980s, the employee cafeteria at Motorolla in Austin had to stop serving food that contained poppy seeds because people showed false positives for opium when they were drug tested. Since then, the company reintroduced poppy seeds, and added Valium and several anti-depressants to a list of things not to bother testing for.
Early Spanish missionaries in Texas hoped to encourage the spread of European values by offering flannel underwear to Native Americans. I'm sure THAT helped!
People who moved to Lockhart, Texas in the 1950s are still considered by natives of the town to be newcomers.
Despite the fact that his middle name is "Farmer," Charles F. Trompler lost in his attempt to be selected as the Republican candidate for state agriculture commissioner in the 1986 Texas primary.
In Texas, it's illegal to put graffiti on someone else's cow.
In 1964, Austin writer John Morthland became the first person in America to interview the Rolling Stones. John, who was a high school junior in San Bernardino, California interviewed the band when they arrived for the maiden U.S. tour for his school's paper.
According to one geographer, digging straight down from Austin will not get you to China but to Iraq.
Stephen F. Austin and Santa Ana belonged to the same free masonry lodge in Mexico City.
There are stalactites and stalagmites in the breezeway at the University of Texas Law School.
For $150 you can become a licensed dead animal hauler in Texas.
According to one music critic, the person who modeled for the Indian Head Penny is a direct ancestor of Kim Longacre, who sang for the Austin band, The Reivers.
75 percent of the world's Snickers bars are made in Waco at the M&M/Mars plant.
You learn something every day: In Texas it's legal for a chicken to have sex with you, but it's illegal to reciprocate.
Will Rogers' father and uncle were boyhood friends of Sam Houston. Their half sister, Will Rogers' aunt, was also Sam Houston's Indian wife.
A nursing home in Texas must comply with the rules and regulation of 15 agencies.
In Texas, you could have been jailed for giving out or discussing information on birth control 50 years ago.
The world's largest oatmeal cake was baked and built in Bertram, Texas during Labor Day weekend 1991. The 33-layer cake stood more than 3 feet tall, weighed 333 pounds, and served 3,333 people. Oh baby, write that one down!
Dallas' corner of Elm and Houston streets has a sordid history. The building completed there in November 1898 was struck by lightning and burned to the ground in May 1901. By the fall of 1901 it was rebuilt. In that same building 62 years later, Lee Harvey Oswald allegedly shot President Kennedy from the sixth floor.
There are jackrabbits living at Austin's Robert Mueller Airport.
One of the lenses at the University of Texas' McDonald Observatory has a nick in it because a worker there got mad at something and shot at it.
The Wendish community of Giddings, Texas used to verbally inform all domestic animals of a death in the family.
In Odessa, Texas, the star of David and the peace symbol are forbidden by the city's dress code because they are considered to be Satanic symbols.
Former Governor Ann Richards received a vote for "Best Rap Artist" in The Austin Chronicle's 1991 Austin Music Poll.
Austinites might miss the glory that was the Treaty Oak, but Texas has 64 national champion trees, meaning they are the largest specimens of their species in the country. They include cedar elm, persimmon, eastern red cedar, and yaupon holly.
Boston, Texas is completely surrounded by New Boston, Texas.
There's a Texas law that forbids people from carrying around a fence cutter or a pair of pliers that could cut a fence.
In 1937, when the idea of parking meters was first raised in Austin, The Austin American designated one of its staff members "Parking Meter Editor" to tally a poll of its readers.
Fort Creek, Texas was hotter than hell in 1855.
Former Governor Ann Richards' Harley Davidson motorcycle probably will never go faster than 55 miles per hour because it has a governor on it (governor, n.: an automatic attachment to a machine for automatic control or limitation of speed.)
Lubbock is the largest city in the United States that is dry. [meaning no alcohol is sold there]
There's a ghost on the fifth floor of Austin's Driskill Hotel.
Waco is one of only two cities in the U.S. that has a radio station whose call letters spell out the name of the city.
In Texas, it is illegal to curse in front of or indecently expose a corpse.
"The Eyes of Texas" was originally written for a minstrel show as a satire on Dr. Lambdin Prather, then University of Texas at Austin president.
In Texas, if a burglary occurred in conjunction with a rape, some prosecutors charge rapists with the burglary because it carries the same sentence as aggravated sexual assault (5 to 99 years) and is an easier crime to prove. By the way, regular sexual assault only carries a sentence of 2 to 20 years.
Four fire ant species are found in Texas, three of which are native to the state. The tropical Solenopsis geminata Fabricus and southern Solenopsis xyloni McCook are the most common.
According to one report, more popcorn is sold in Dallas, Texas than anywhere in the U.S. (The average American eats 42 quarts of popcorn a year.)
The first film made in Texas to have won an Academy Award was Wings in 1927. The film starred Clara Bow and was directed by William Wellman.
According to one inside source, the majority of men who attend meetings at the Austin Men's Center have beards.
Forty percent of the farm-grown catfish in the United States is consumed by Texans.
The milk for Blue Bell Ice Cream comes from Corsicana, not Brenham.
To be elected in the state of Texas, one must believe in a supreme being.
To combat the deadly killer bee, the Harris County Fire Department has 11 trucks equipped with soapy water sprayers that do nothing but respond to killer bee calls. Currently, the Austin Fire Department will only deal with emergency situations involving killer bee attacks in progress.
Lubbock doesn't have any storm drains.
The written test for University of Texas at Austin campus police in the 1960s asked applicants the shape of their excrement to test their ability to be observant.
In Texas, pharmacists can't be registered members of the Communist Party.
Carl Finch, of Denton's nuclear polka band Brave Combo, led the accordion parade scene in David Byrne's movie True Stories, and says that Byrne is a charter member of the Dallas chapter of the Texas Accordionists Association.
You can buy chicken fried steak at one Chinese restaurant in Fort Stockton, Texas.
The smallest Catholic church in the world still in operation claims to be in Warrenton, Texas. Measuring 12 feet by 15 feet, the church seats 15 and is only open once a year.
The name of Buda, Texas comes from the Spanish word "viuda" or widow because the town's first mayor died in office, and from that point on, anyone who wanted to conduct business in town had to deal with his widow.
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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. There are nearly 5 million in the "Greater Houston" area which includes parts of surrounding counties as well. 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 includes 267,339 square miles, or 7.4% of the nation's total area.
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,
Texas has 90 mountains a mile or more high, with Guadalupe Peak in West Texas at 8,751 feet being the tallest.
Almost 10% of Texas is covered by forest which includes four national and five state forests.
Average yearly rainfall totals in West Texas are less than 8 inches while in East Texas totals exceed 56 inches. Texas climate statistics and Texas weather extremes
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.
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. There are nearly 5 million in the "Greater Houston" area which includes parts of surrounding counties as well. 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 includes 267,339 square miles, or 7.4% of the nation's total area.
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,
Texas has 90 mountains a mile or more high, with Guadalupe Peak in West Texas at 8,751 feet being the tallest.
Almost 10% of Texas is covered by forest which includes four national and five state forests.
Average yearly rainfall totals in West Texas are less than 8 inches while in East Texas totals exceed 56 inches. Texas climate statistics and Texas weather extremes
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.
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There are probably more active Texans at Lit than from any other place. Texas is divided up for Lit-togethers because of the size, and has geographic "Lit Den Moms:"
SaraPet took over from BlueDaisy for San Antonio
SecretKate took over from me for Houston
Nora is Austin
red_rose took over from ARaynes for Dallas/Ft Worth
nike is Waco
Since Texas orginally included parts of what are now Oklahoma, Colorado and Wyoming, we include them in our Pan Handle group at no extra charge! hehehehe
Wanna meet some of the Texans at Lit? Here are a few places to find them:
https://forum.literotica.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=31270
https://forum.literotica.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=216003&highlight=*Texas*
https://forum.literotica.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=147712
https://forum.literotica.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=81192&highlight=*Texas*
https://forum.literotica.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=217652
And one of our most cherished and funniest Texas Litsters:
https://forum.literotica.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=91413&highlight=*Texas*
Okay. I'll stop now.
All y'all have fun, now, ya hear?
There are probably more active Texans at Lit than from any other place. Texas is divided up for Lit-togethers because of the size, and has geographic "Lit Den Moms:"
SaraPet took over from BlueDaisy for San Antonio
SecretKate took over from me for Houston
Nora is Austin
red_rose took over from ARaynes for Dallas/Ft Worth
nike is Waco
Since Texas orginally included parts of what are now Oklahoma, Colorado and Wyoming, we include them in our Pan Handle group at no extra charge! hehehehe
Wanna meet some of the Texans at Lit? Here are a few places to find them:
https://forum.literotica.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=31270
https://forum.literotica.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=216003&highlight=*Texas*
https://forum.literotica.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=147712
https://forum.literotica.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=81192&highlight=*Texas*
https://forum.literotica.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=217652
And one of our most cherished and funniest Texas Litsters:
https://forum.literotica.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=91413&highlight=*Texas*
Okay. I'll stop now.
All y'all have fun, now, ya hear?
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Boxlicker101
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someplace said:
I'm surprised there would be more Texans on Lit than Californians. California has a larger population and includes Silicon Valley. I would expect there would be a lot of Texans here because Texas also has a large population, but I would expect more Californians. I am not going to do any kind of a census, and it is not a big deal, but I wonder about your facts.
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Boxlicker101 said:
And, Britain has a larger population than both put together.
However, I'd never attempt to claim that Dorset has a particularly large Lit membership.Like I said in another thread... some people are so introspective, but the meaning of that word seemed to go over the top of the head of the person I was directing it at before.
Lou
Edited to add a P.S. Yes, sometimes I am like that proverbial dog with that proverbial bone.
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Ah ha ha, Loulou. I know a few people here with very low for'eads.Tatelou said:
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perdita said:Ah ha ha, Loulou. I know a few people here with very low for'eads.
Perdita
Quite!
Lou
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Boxlicker101 said:
I'm sorry you missed my qualifier.
But I stand by my entire statement. I have only ever seen one California Lit-together posted that was attended by a handful. One of the Austin parties was held at the same time and we talked to the Californians on the phone.
There have been a few threads about 2-4 Californians getting together, and several have met Laural and Manu, but the California bunch is not as publically active as the Texans.
In the past year and a half, there have been two full blown-out lit-togethers in Houston, three in Austin, two in San Antonio, one in Dallas. There's a joint San Antonio/Austin party next weekend, and another in Houston on the books right now. There have been threads on all of these. I have met somewhere between 50-60 different Litsters by attending some of these parties. I haven't seen that kind of activity from the Californians.
And I apologize for boring you as well, but have bone issues of my own at times.
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Since a bunch of regulars from this forum went on a foray to the General Board today, I wonder if all y'all noticed this:
Where do you live?
Where do you live?
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someplace,
What surprised me the most was there being only one person on the GB who claimed to be from the UK. There wouldn't be an AH w/o the UK folks such as: Lou, Og, Gauche, The Earl, English Lady, Pops, et al. I'll leave it others to speculate on the factors behind this manifestation of old world culture and good taste.
Rumple Foreskin
What surprised me the most was there being only one person on the GB who claimed to be from the UK. There wouldn't be an AH w/o the UK folks such as: Lou, Og, Gauche, The Earl, English Lady, Pops, et al. I'll leave it others to speculate on the factors behind this manifestation of old world culture and good taste.
Rumple Foreskin
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Don't know about olde worlde or taste there Rump, I just went one step further than Min with the lazy gig.
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Rumple Foreskin said:someplace,
What surprised me the most was there being only one person on the GB who claimed to be from the UK. There wouldn't be an AH w/o the UK folks such as: Lou, Og, Gauche, The Earl, English Lady, Pops, et al. I'll leave it others to speculate on the factors behind this manifestation of old world culture and good taste.
Rumple Foreskin
Many people living outside the US particpated in the poll but (perhaps out of laziness?) chose not to post. [SEE the last choice in the poll.] For obvious reasons, the running tally in the first post could only show those who actually posted their location. While not scientific by any means, the poll has had an unusually large number of participants, which makes it passingly novel.
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