Did you know the largest rose garden in America is located in Texas? How about the fact that our State Capitol is taller than the U.S. Capitol? Below are 11 crazy facts about Texas that sound unbelievable, but are 100% true. They just might surprise you!
- Texas is nearly 800 miles wide.
Free Agents Limited / Corbis Documentary via Getty Images El Paso is closer to the city of Needles, California than it is to Dallas. No wonder we measure distance in time rather than miles!
- The slogan “Don’t Mess With Texas,” was actually created for an anti-litter campaign.
NA / PHOTOS.com» / Getty Images Plus via Getty Images Nowadays, we primarily use it as a show of moxie.
- Our capitol building is taller than the U.S. Capitol.
Joe Daniel Price / Moment via Getty Images Everything really is bigger in Texas. Texas Capitol, 1100 Congress Ave., Austin, TX 78701, USA
- Speaking of things being larger in Texas, the Texas Star Ferris wheel at the State Fair of Texas is the 3rd tallest Ferris wheel in the U.S.
halbergman / iStock / Getty Images Plus via Getty Images The attraction stands at a whopping 212 feet high. Fair Park, 3809 Grand Ave, Dallas, TX 75210, USA
- Texas is home to the world’s largest urban bat colony.
Aneese / iStock / Getty Images Plus via Getty Images Every summer night, people gather on Austin’s Congress Avenue Bridge to watch approximately 1.5 million Mexican free-tailed bats take to the sky. Bracken Cave in San Antonio is actually home to the world’s largest bat colony, period - however it isn’t as easily accessible. Congress Avenue Bridge, Congress Ave., Austin, TX 78704, USA
- Along with just 16 other states, Texas has its own pledge of allegiance.
P A Thompson / The Image Bank via Getty Images Moreover, the Texas flag is typically flown at the same height as the American flag. Yeah, our state pride runs deep.
- There is a German dialect that is only spoken in Texas.
dannynez / iStock / Getty Images Plus via Getty Images German immigration to Texas peaked in the mid-19th century, and the new arrivals developed their own spin on the language. You’ll hear “Texas German” in Hill Country towns such as Fredericksburg and New Braunfels.
- King Ranch, located in Kingsland, is larger than the entire state of Rhode Island.
Facebook/King Ranch It covers nearly 1,300 square miles! King Ranch, 2205 TX-141, Kingsville, TX 78363, USA
- Only one city named “Earth” exists in the whole world…and it’s right here in Texas.
Leaflet/Wikimedia Commons You’ll find this rural community in Lamb County, which is located in the Panhandle.
- Texas is the only state to have had six different nations ruling over it at various points.
Aneese / iStock / Getty Images Plus via Getty Images The popular theme park, Six Flags, is named after this historical fact.
- As if Texas didn’t have enough record-breaking statistics already, the nation’s largest rose garden is located in Tyler.
Flickr/Amy the Nurse It’s situated on 14 acres and boasts over 450 rose varieties and 30,000 plants overall. Tyler Rose Garden, 420 Rose Park Dr, Tyler, TX 75702, USA
How many of these crazy facts about Texas did you know already? Did we miss any that are just too strange not to share? Tell us in the comments! Don’t forget to check out our previous article to learn why Texas is the best state in the U.S. (but you probably knew that.)
Free Agents Limited / Corbis Documentary via Getty Images
El Paso is closer to the city of Needles, California than it is to Dallas. No wonder we measure distance in time rather than miles!
NA / PHOTOS.com» / Getty Images Plus via Getty Images
Nowadays, we primarily use it as a show of moxie.
Joe Daniel Price / Moment via Getty Images
Everything really is bigger in Texas.
Texas Capitol, 1100 Congress Ave., Austin, TX 78701, USA
halbergman / iStock / Getty Images Plus via Getty Images
The attraction stands at a whopping 212 feet high.
Fair Park, 3809 Grand Ave, Dallas, TX 75210, USA
Aneese / iStock / Getty Images Plus via Getty Images
Every summer night, people gather on Austin’s Congress Avenue Bridge to watch approximately 1.5 million Mexican free-tailed bats take to the sky. Bracken Cave in San Antonio is actually home to the world’s largest bat colony, period - however it isn’t as easily accessible.
Congress Avenue Bridge, Congress Ave., Austin, TX 78704, USA
P A Thompson / The Image Bank via Getty Images
Moreover, the Texas flag is typically flown at the same height as the American flag. Yeah, our state pride runs deep.
dannynez / iStock / Getty Images Plus via Getty Images
German immigration to Texas peaked in the mid-19th century, and the new arrivals developed their own spin on the language. You’ll hear “Texas German” in Hill Country towns such as Fredericksburg and New Braunfels.
Facebook/King Ranch
It covers nearly 1,300 square miles!
King Ranch, 2205 TX-141, Kingsville, TX 78363, USA
Leaflet/Wikimedia Commons
You’ll find this rural community in Lamb County, which is located in the Panhandle.
The popular theme park, Six Flags, is named after this historical fact.
Flickr/Amy the Nurse
It’s situated on 14 acres and boasts over 450 rose varieties and 30,000 plants overall.
Tyler Rose Garden, 420 Rose Park Dr, Tyler, TX 75702, USA
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