DaBloxxJoin Date: 2010-10-15
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since everyone is patriotically venting on the top states thread, share some here.
for example:
-the Texas state mammal is the armadillo. what could be cooler than an armadillo?
-you could fit about 220 Rhode Islands into 1 Texas
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZvkjewgF8GQ |
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DaBloxxJoin Date: 2010-10-15
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-more land is farmed in Texas than any other state
-the landscape of Texas has it all: plains, forest, desert, beach/coastline, more plains, rolling hills, even more plains |
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joe222Join Date: 2008-04-19
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Texas flower: Bluebonnet |
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DaBloxxJoin Date: 2010-10-15
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Sam Houston is the only American to be governor of two different states (Tennessee, Texas) |
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DaBloxxJoin Date: 2010-10-15
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so much Texas love :D :D :D <3 <3 <3
(although Texan independence was full of clashes with Mexico, native tribes and riddled with debt!) |
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ddudeTop 50 PosterJoin Date: 2007-11-11
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-Oscar, the Academy Award statuette, was named for Texan Oscar Pierce.
-The Dallas State Fair Park is home to the largest Ferris wheel (the Texas Star) in the Western Hemisphere.
-Charles Alderton (1857-1941), a Waco pharmacist, first created Dr Pepper in 1885. The oldest working Dr Pepper plant (since 1891) is in Dublin, 94 miles west of Waco. There is also no period after the “Dr” in Dr Pepper.
source: facts.randomhistory.com |
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DaBloxxJoin Date: 2010-10-15
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I've been to the Dr Pepper museum in Waco, as I'm guessing you have as well. Not much to see but I love the drink itself |
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1lKZqqSI9-s
This is my city in a nutshell...
Viewer Discretion is advised... |
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ddudeTop 50 PosterJoin Date: 2007-11-11
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"I've been to the Dr Pepper museum in Waco, as I'm guessing you have as well. Not much to see but I love the drink itself"
no, i haven't. but i did go to the place where the only pure sugar cane dr pepper was sold.
dublin, texas.
unfortunately, they stopped producing it.. it made me extremely sad that i couldn't get any more. it was my favorite drink ever. |
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DaBloxxJoin Date: 2010-10-15
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-the Texan state capitol in Austin is the largest state capitol building in the US
-King Ranch, the largest in Texas, is about the size of Rhode Island |
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Fun fact!:
Alabama is nothing like it's stereotypes say.
Just LOTS of black people and welfare junkies |
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fttJoin Date: 2008-03-17
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"John Phillip Sousa died 2 stores away from my grandparent's store."
who is that |
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Titlefix for those Texas lovers. <3 |
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