Texas boasts the nation’s largest herd of whitetail deer.

Texas is the only state to enter the United States by treaty instead of territorial annexation.

Texas is home to Dell and Compaq computers and central Texas is often referred to as the Silicon Valley of the south.

Dr Pepper was invented in Waco in 1885. The Dublin Dr Pepper, 85 miles west of Waco, still uses pure imperial cane sugar in its product. There is no period after the Dr in Dr Pepper.

The first suspension bridge in the United States was the Waco Bridge. Built in 1870 and still in use today as a pedestrian crossing of the Brazos River.

The capitol in Austin opened May 16, 1888. The dome of the building stands seven feet higher than that of the nation’s Capitol in Washington, D.C.

Texas has the first domed stadium in the country. The structure was built in Houston and opened in April 1965.

The first word spoken from the moon on July 20, 1969 was Houston.

Texas possesses three of the top ten most populous cities in the United States. These towns are Houston, Dallas, and San Antonio.

Texas includes 267,339 square miles, or 7.4% of the nation’s total area.

More land is farmed in Texas than in any other state.

More species of bats live in Texas than in any other part of the United States.

The Tyler Municipal Rose Garden is the world’s largest rose garden. It contains 38,000 rose bushes representing 500 varieties of roses set in a 22-acre garden.

Amarillo has the world’s largest helium well.

The Heisman trophy is named for John William Heisman the first full-time coach and athletic director at Rice University in Houston.

Archaeologists found a 2600 year old brain inside a skull in England.

Bats are currently the #1 carriers of rabies in the United States.

Archaeologists found a 2600 year old brain inside a skull in England.

Mmmmmmmmmmm

Roman prisoners from the Battle of Carrhae might have ended up fighting the Chinese in central Asia in 36BC.

The main piece of evidence for this is a Roman helmet found in Western China with "One of the slaves" written on it in Chinese.

Saint Caleth wrote:

Archaeologists found a 2600 year old brain inside a skull in England.

Mmmmmmmmmmm

Indeed. Sounds yummy.

Texans are way more proud of their state than anyone else in the universe.

Casper the Brain-Eating Ghost wrote:

Saint Caleth wrote:

Archaeologists found a 2600 year old brain inside a skull in England.

Mmmmmmmmmmm

Indeed. Sounds yummy.

The most delicious part being the unidentified high molecular weight hydrocarbon compound which most of the brain had turned into.

The point on Earth farthest from any ocean is near the Chinese-Kazakh border, 1,644 miles away from the nearest coastline.

The point farthest from any land is in the south Pacific, 1,670 miles southeast of Easter Island.

Aberzombie wrote:

Casper the Brain-Eating Ghost wrote:

Saint Caleth wrote:

Archaeologists found a 2600 year old brain inside a skull in England.

Mmmmmmmmmmm

Indeed. Sounds yummy.

The most delicious part being the unidentified high molecular weight hydrocarbon compound which most of the brain had turned into.

Zombies can run on oil? And yet they have zero emissions (most of the time, anyway), so they are acting as a carbon sink. Therefore, zombies are Green and thereby good for the environment.

Did you know Oh Sit is a television show now. AKA: Extreme musical chairs. I wish I was kidding. I really do.

More species of bats live in Texas than in any other part of the United States.

Bats are currently the #1 carriers of rabies in the United States.

Did you know Oh Sit is a television show now. AKA: Extreme musical chairs. I wish I was kidding. I really do.

Oh I wish you were too.

The past tense for the English word "dare" is "durst".

The past tense for the English word 'dare' is 'durst'. The past tense for the English word 'dare' is 'durst'.

Oops, the Zombies stuck... Knocks zombie on the side to get him past the scratch.

The past tense for the English word "dare" is "durst".

Or alternatively "Yes I did know, you told me this morning and I spent all day trying to work the word Durst into conversation."

Oops. Sorry about that. I'd lost track of what I had posted prior to those awesome Texas facts.

No worries ;) it's hard to work durst into conversations! I really enjoy this thread, thanks Aberzombie

Oops. Sorry about that. I'd lost track of what I had posted prior to those awesome Texas facts.

We Texans appreciate it too. We're going to have to make you an honorary Texan. The first honorary zombeh Texan evah!!!

Did you know that New Hampshire is cooler than Texas?

It's true.

Did you know?

A wind speed of 231 MPH was recorded in 1934 atop Mt. Washington, the tallest mountain in New Hampshire (or New England for that matter). Once the world record, this speed still holds as the second-highest wind speed ever recorded on the planet Earth (somewhere in Australia beat the record in 1996)

Did you know that New Hampshire is cooler than Texas?

It's true.

Did you know there are only 2 states less cool than Texas? It's true. Utah and Indiana.

Nebraska uber alles!

Doodlebug Anklebiter wrote:

Did you know that New Hampshire is cooler than Texas?

It's true.

Did you know there are only 2 states less cool than Texas? It's true. Utah and Indiana.

Actually, Massachusetts has been ruled the most uncool state in the Union.

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Did you know that New Hampshire is cooler than Texas?

It's true.

Unpossible! I have been assured by a panel of respected experts that Texas is, in fact, the coolest and most awesomest place to live in all the universe. It's why they keep trying to get me to move there. They know my own awesomeness is wasted in the northeast and would help offset the lack of awesomeness of some slackers.

India has the most post offices than any other country (over 100,000).

India is home to over 200 million cows.

The Taj Mahal in India is made almost entirely out of marble.

I really enjoy this thread, thanks Aberzombie

Thank you! This really made my morning. I like your style. I promise, when the zombiepocalypse happens, we'll eat you last.

No, it's true.

New Hampshire 4eva!

Live free or I'll kill you!!

No, it's true.

New Hampshire 4eva!

Live free or I'll kill you!!

My ex was from NH. Whereabouts do you live?

Did you know?

A wind speed of 231 MPH was recorded in 1934 atop Mt. Washington, the tallest mountain in New Hampshire (or New England for that matter). Once the world record, this speed still holds as the second-highest wind speed ever recorded on the planet Earth (somewhere in Australia beat the record in 1996)

Wind speed

Fastest ever recorded: 484±32 km/h (301±20 mph) 3-second gust; Observed by a DOW (Doppler On Wheels) radar unit in a tornado near Oklahoma City, Oklahoma on 3 May 1999.

Fastest recorded with an anemometer: 113.2 m/s or 407 km/h (253 mph) 3-second gust; one of five extreme gusts during a series of 5-min time periods; Barrow Island (Western Australia), 10 April 1996, during Cyclone Olivia.

Fastest recorded with an anemometer outside of a tropical cyclone: 372 km/h (231 mph) sustained 1-minute average; Mount Washington, New Hampshire, 12 April 1934.

Fastest daily average: 174 km/h (108 mph); Port Martin (Adélie Land), Antarctica, 24-hour period from 21 March 1951 to 22 March 1951.

Kip84 wrote:

I really enjoy this thread, thanks Aberzombie

Thank you! This really made my morning. I like your style. I promise, when the zombiepocalypse happens, we'll eat you last.

You tell a lot of people they will be eaten last. So which one is it?

I think he'll simultaneously feed them all into a meat-grinder and make human burgers out of them.

Aberzombie wrote:

Kip84 wrote:

I really enjoy this thread, thanks Aberzombie

Thank you! This really made my morning. I like your style. I promise, when the zombiepocalypse happens, we'll eat you last.

You tell a lot of people they will be eaten last. So which one is it?

I take offense at that accusation, sir! But to show you there are no hard feelings, I promise that when the zombiepocalypse happens, we'll eat you second to last.

Doodlebug Anklebiter wrote:

No, it's true.

New Hampshire 4eva!

Live free or I'll kill you!!

My ex was from NH. Whereabouts do you live?

In the southern, flatland, might-as-well-be-Massachusetts, part.

When I was a kid, it was semi-rural, but it's a lot more crowded now. They just put in a Bloomingdale's/Saks Fifth Avenue outlet mall less than a mile from where I grew up!