Wednesday, December 10, 2008

Texas Trivia (for Mark's store)

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

The state's cattle population is estimated to be near 16 million.

The King Ranch in Texas is bigger than the state of Rhode Island.

More wool comes from the state of Texas than any other state in the United States.

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.

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

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