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The population of Texas is about 26 million. In people. In cattle - add another 14 million! And in deer - add 2.5 million. Oh, and 200,000 alligators! 70% of the population of Texas lives within 200 miles of Austin. The most populous county in Texas is Harris County in southeast Texas with 4.1 million residents. The least populated county in Texas and in the United States is Loving County, with 83 residents. Texas has 215 cities with a population of 10,000 or more. 24 cities with a population of more than 100,000 residents. El Paso, Texas is closer to Needles, CA @ 516 miles away than it is to Dallas, TX @ 571 miles away. The King Ranch near Corpus Christi is larger than the state of Rhode Island. Includes 50,000 head of cattle and more than 2,000 miles of fence. The State Capitol in Austin stands largest among all the states. The San Jacinto Monument near Houston is among the tallest columns in the world. At 570 feet, it is about 20 feet higher than the Washington Monument in the District of Columbia. 41 counties in Texas are each larger than the state of Rhode Island. The Dallas/Ft. Worth airport (DFW) is larger than New York City's Manhattan Island.  Texas was the 28th state in the USA - it was admitted on December 29, 1845. State abbreviation = TX State Capital = Austin Largest City = Houston Area = 268,601 square miles (Only Alaska is bigger than Texas) President Dwight D Eisenhower was born in Denison on October 14, 1890 - he was the 34th US President, served from 1953 - 1961. President Lyndon B Johnson was born near Johnson City on August 27, 1908 - he was the 36th US President, served from 1963 - 1969. Main Rivers in Texas - Rio Grande, Red River, Brazos River Highest Point - Guadalupe Peak @ 8,749 feet above sea level Number of counties - 254 The Caddo Indians of Eastern Texas called their group of tribes the "Tejas" - meaning "those who are friends". State Nickname - The Lone Star State State Motto - Friendship State Song - "Texas, Our Texas" The State bird - Mockingbird State mammal, large - Texas longhorn State mammal, small - Armadillo State mammal, flying - Free-tailed Bat State insect - Monarch Butterfly State reptile - Texas horned lizard State fish - Guadalupe Bass State shell - Lightning Whelk State flower - Bluebonnet State plant - Prickly Pear Cactus State tree - Pecan State grass - Sideoats grama State shrub - Chinese Crepe Myrtle State fruit - Red grapefruit State vegetable - Sweet onion State fiber - Cotton State dinosaur - Pleurocoelus State stone - Petrified Palmwood State gem - Texas blue topaz 
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 On a Thursday night around midnight, a woman from Houston Texas was ...arrested, jailed, and charged with manslaughter for shooting a man 6 times in the back as he was running away with her purse. The following Monday morning, the woman was called in front of the Arraignment Judge, sworn-in, and asked to explain her actions. The woman replied, "I was standing at the corner bus stop for about 15 minutes, waiting for the bus to take me home after work. I am a waitress at a local cafe. I was there alone, so I had my right hand on my pistol in my purse hanging on my left shoulder. All of a sudden I was spun around hard to my left. As I caught my balance, I saw a man running away with my purse. I looked down at my right hand and saw that my fingers were wrapped tightly around my pistol. The next thing I remember is saying out loud, "No Way Punk! You're not stealing my pay check and tips." I raised my right hand, pointed my pistol at the man running away from me with my purse, and started squeezing the trigger of my pistol. When asked by the arraignment judge, "Why did you shoot the man 6 times? The woman replied under oath, "Because, when I pulled the trigger the 7th time, it only went click." The woman was acquitted of all charges. She was back at work the next day! That's Gun Control, Texas Style  |
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