Little Known Facts About Well Known Places Texas (Little Known Facts Series)

Texas is a little bit bigger than France and a little bit smaller than Turkey. On rural stretches of interstate highways in West Texas, the posted daytime speed limit is 80 mph. More than three-quarters of the land in Texas is farmland, meaning it has more farmland than any other state. Texas has no personal or corporate income tax or state property tax. Texas Instruments (TI) is the birthplace of the first integrated circuit, the backbone of today's computer culture. Two U.S. presidents were born in Texas, and neither of them was named Bush. Six different national flags have flown over Texas since Spanish explorers first "claimed" it in 1519. The Alamo, the famous fort started life in 1718 as a Franciscan mission. On average, the city of Galveston is affected by a hurricane every three years and is hit directly every nine! Dinosaur tracks are fairly prevalent throughout a strip of Central Texas Texas chili does not contain beans.