Texas

I’m headed back to Texas next week.

Interesting Texas facts:

Texas is the second largest state in America, next to Alaska
Texas is the second most populus state in America, next to California
Texas is the second best state for business*, after Virginia
Texas is the second best state for 2006 college football**
The U.S.S. Texas was the second Virginia class submarine ever built
Texas is the second largest exporter to the European Union, after California
Texas is the second largest producer of electrical components****
Texas is the second largest agricultural state of America*5*
Texas is the second largest pecan producer in America, after Georgia *6*
Texas is the second largest textbook market in the US *7*
Texas is the second most bio-diverse state of America, after California *8*
The Texas population has the second youngest mean age in the Nation, after Utah *9*
Texas is the second largest producer of Peanuts in America, after Georgia *10*
Texas is the second largest supplier of organic cotton *11*

*Forbes online magazine
** the Longhorns lost to Ohio in 2006, ABC News
** University of Texas center of european studies
**** thewhir.com
*5* Texas department of agriculture
*6* Texas A&M University Agricultural center
*7* Texas Citizens for Science
*8* Texas parks and wildlife magazine
*9* Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas
*10* The Texas Innovator
*11* Eco-wise clothing

15 thoughts on “Texas

  • 9/22/2006 at 8:08 am
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    Wow. That sounds like a place with which I would not want to mess.

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  • 9/22/2006 at 9:11 am
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    That’s a lot of second places…they not good enough to be first in anything?

    ZING!

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  • 9/22/2006 at 10:36 am
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    They’re probably first in cowboy boot sales. And pickup truck sales. And propane and propane accessories.

    I know that they are first in beef production. (Kansas is second).

    Also, you could say that they are second in basketball and baseball (the Mavericks losing the NBA finals and the Astros losing the World Series).

    (To clarify, in football, they lost to Ohio State, not Ohio. Ohio State is #1, and Ohio is, well, not any good at all.)

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  • 9/22/2006 at 5:41 pm
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    Cardiff is obviously better than Texas, for one reason; I am moving there to start my uni course tomorrow..going to be three years of drunken laughs I am sure!

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  • 9/22/2006 at 7:06 pm
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    Texas is 1st in pain
    Also, suffering

    Watch out for the VD good buddy!

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  • 9/24/2006 at 11:07 am
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    Texas is also number one at producing something no other state can give us: Texans.

    I’d bet they’re also number one in longhorn cattle production.

    Let us know if you learn anything new about the Lone Star State.

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  • 9/25/2006 at 7:01 am
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    “Texas is the second largest state in America, next to Alaska”

    hahaha, don’t be silly, Texas is nowhere near Alaska, let alone next to it!

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  • 9/26/2006 at 6:01 pm
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    POP QUIZ: Texas may be the largest beef producer in the United States, but which country in the world is the largest beef consumer? First one to answer gets a prize. (This is an easy one)

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  • 9/27/2006 at 7:49 am
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    Argentina? Where they eat beef at breakfast? On swords?

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  • 9/29/2006 at 11:20 am
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    Or maybe it’s that Alaskans think they are next to Texas. Using the think system to try to get warmer.

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